Discussions about affordable housing needs and solutions: conflated needs—one person needs "an apartment for $500 a month" while another needs a "FREE place to live longterm with medical staff on hand"; Boston University survey notes up to 80% of mayors support more multifamily market-rate housing but muted support for zoning/permitting reform; comments that building more supply "is not a panacea."
Created 4 hours ago • 27 documents • Range: 4/12 2:07am – 4/12 7:27amSometimes infants go to the emergency room. Fever this. Earache that. This is perfectly healthy infants! Happens. Even with insurance, an unplanned emergency room visit can cost between $100 and $500. So while fashy dudes talk about birth rate, some couple in a 1BR is delaying starting a family.
It’s interesting how much having a boatload of money could addresses some of those challenges. Accountants can file extensions and do your taxes. If you have enough money, late fees and credit dings don’t matter. Instacart exists. But I guess in the past, families must have helped more…?
Most mayors say market-rate housing development can boost housing affordability Up to 80% of U.S. mayors say their city needs to develop more multifamily housing, a Boston University survey found. Support for zoning and permitting reform was more muted, however. Elevate your perspective with…
Newtown Residents Association_ Defending Housing, Challenging Media #HousingSupply #AucklandHousing #PlanningReform #LocalVsCentral #DensityDebate watch the full video here https://youtu.be/1wVimWGhBD0
A rising tide should raise all boats but we’ve got the rich chaining poor people’s boats to the sea floor to try to raise their own luxury yachts just a little bit higher. Not my life nor your life, nor a lgbtqioa+, immigrant, etc persons life is fodder for these fuckers convenience
Falmouth is taking bold steps to tackle housing challenges by introducing a tax exemption to encourage year-round rentals and launching a two-year process for seasonal-community zoning changes. Learn more here! #MA #CommunityInvolvement #ZoningReform #CitizenPortal #AffordableHousing
“I’m very liberal, but I want my property values to continue rising and parking to be plentiful. That’s why I oppose new infill denser housing in my neighborhood. Even if that means that young people are locked out of homeownership and wealth building. And if it means we keep cities segregated.”
Austin’s rent drop isn’t a miracle; policy, zoning, and signals align. Many voices prove affordable housing is a shared project and data can guide inclusive neighborhoods; learn more at https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/485295/austin-national-rents-declining-yimby.
In cities, in particular - which is where most rent relief organizing is happening - the vast majority of people who need rent assistance could never afford to buy a home, no matter what kind of support programs there are. The housing prices are just wildly out of reach even for middle class people.