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Homeless_Waifu posted...

when will housing be affordable? You can build as many houses as you want, but then many of them will be vacant when many people wouldnt be able to afford them


how much of homeless population increase is it gonna take before our government realizes that housing simply isnt affordable to some 50% of the population across the US?

It's mostly a state and local issue. The Biden admin has stated that they want cities to reconsider zoning and building laws that hinder the building of housing, but the Federal government can't really do much about it.

The issue is neighborhoods and cities making it difficult to do something as simple as build more apartments. There's a loud minority of people who pushback against building apartments, duplexes, smaller homes, etc.

Even if you support building public housing paid for by the govt, those zoning laws and restrictive laws will still hinder those.