▲ 1215 ▼ "Housing" Proposals (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Nah, using tax dollars to increase property values in a housing crisis is counterproductive as fuck. It increases rents for everyone else as well. Better off attacking it from the supply side with a massive subsidized housing effort and just tanking the market. But that's politically toxic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago The problem is that almost everyone would be better off if the housing market tanked. Except donors. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Federal housing policy has always been about inflating housing asset values. The Harris "plan" is just more of the same. Anyone who thinks either party actually wants to lower housing prices is delusional. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Nah, using tax dollars to increase property values in a housing crisis is counterproductive as fuck. It increases rents for everyone else as well. Better off attacking it from the supply side with a massive subsidized housing effort and just tanking the market. But that's politically toxic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago The problem is that almost everyone would be better off if the housing market tanked. Except donors. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Federal housing policy has always been about inflating housing asset values. The Harris "plan" is just more of the same. Anyone who thinks either party actually wants to lower housing prices is delusional. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago The problem is that almost everyone would be better off if the housing market tanked. Except donors. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Federal housing policy has always been about inflating housing asset values. The Harris "plan" is just more of the same. Anyone who thinks either party actually wants to lower housing prices is delusional. permalink fedilink source parent
