Given that most of the delay in building more/denser housing in California is due to NIMBYs fearing a drop in property values…
…what’s to stop them from calling the cops on people living out of their cars on the street in front of their house?
This entire proposal is beyond stupid, and is one of the underlying causes of the rise in right-wing populism all over the US.
What the Government should do is use the threat of Eminent Domain and buy out a ~dozen houses in a certain block, tear them down and build ~100 affordable apartments for families (i.e. 3+ bedroom, 2+ bathrooms) in their place - and make them available to lower-and middle income families on a rent-to-own basis.
If neighbouring plots complain, threaten them with Eminent Domain also, and continue on until the entirety of the unhoused population is accounted for.
You can be a foreign billionaire and own a highrise of luxury apts that are all sold for daily rates for tourists in order to make a profit.
But the students… Now that you can’t afford housing… Let’s make it legal to sleep in cars!
God can you imagine the college parking lot full of 18-20 year olds sleeping in their cars instead of dorms or apartments?? Like burning man but without the vibes.
How about banning single family home construction within cities? All those lovely one and two family houses in SF should become apartment buildings for example
edit also ban private equity/hedge funds from real estate
Have they outlawed short term rentals yet?
What about foreign ownership of housing? Is that prohibited yet?
Any incentives to convert empty office properties to housing?
What about an empty residential property tax/fine? Have they started doing that yet?
How about outlawing strip malls that don’t have at least one story of housing on top? Any state incentives for mixed use development?
Given that most of the delay in building more/denser housing in California is due to NIMBYs fearing a drop in property values…
…what’s to stop them from calling the cops on people living out of their cars on the street in front of their house?
This entire proposal is beyond stupid, and is one of the underlying causes of the rise in right-wing populism all over the US.
What the Government should do is use the threat of Eminent Domain and buy out a ~dozen houses in a certain block, tear them down and build ~100 affordable apartments for families (i.e. 3+ bedroom, 2+ bathrooms) in their place - and make them available to lower-and middle income families on a rent-to-own basis.
If neighbouring plots complain, threaten them with Eminent Domain also, and continue on until the entirety of the unhoused population is accounted for.
You can be a foreign billionaire and own a highrise of luxury apts that are all sold for daily rates for tourists in order to make a profit.
But the students… Now that you can’t afford housing… Let’s make it legal to sleep in cars!
God can you imagine the college parking lot full of 18-20 year olds sleeping in their cars instead of dorms or apartments?? Like burning man but without the vibes.
How about banning single family home construction within cities? All those lovely one and two family houses in SF should become apartment buildings for example
edit also ban private equity/hedge funds from real estate