@jamesinho4 Okay. Then get rid of single family zoning and let the market sort out it. If developers don't think it's profitable, then they won't develop. If high density makes cities less desirable, then they can move to less dense areas.
@Radle@SenWarren Plenty of construction workers in the country who are willing and able to build new housing. All that needs to happen is for state and local governments to get out of their way and make it legal to build new multi-family housing
@iBobbyShell@SenWarren The problem is that the market isn't free because local governments have made it illegal to build multifamily housing on ~90% of land in most cities. On top of that, even when it is legal there's a ton of burdensome taxes and regulations that make it expensive/difficult to build.
@MomAngtrades@SenWarren No it doesn't lol. ~25% of construction workers are undocumented immigrants. The number is even higher if you're just looking at the residential construction industry.
@maxdubler Who has the power to change it in California? Would the California building code have to be amended, or would it be possible through state / local reforms alone? 🤔
@CelticsContessa@trouble_man90 Look up the images / videos of dead, maimed, and mangled Palestinian children. Really look at them. I think if you look at those images you'll understand why people are so passionate about this.
@josdfantod @trouble_man90 Okay, then let's stop giving them money for their racist ethno-nationalist project. It's fundamentally opposed to American values.
@AceReplyBoi@fedtanyl I think unfortunately for Israel, most Americans view ethnically or religiously based state projects as inherently evil and antithetical to American values.
You can't teach Americans that MLK & Mandela were good & expect them to also think Israel is good .
@Cherry_Pepis It's literally below market rate and subsidized and the state and the university. If you don't know what you're talking about then just move on.
@Logicalleft Zoning laws prevent the university from building dorms on most land in Berkeley, that includes commercial zones where office buildings are. Hope this helps.
@tragic_maverick@ChristoSavaides Most other lots owned by Berkeley are either in use with existing structures or are not zoned for dense mixed use multifamily housing, so it's illegal to build dorms. Or both.
Again, replacing 100 tents with 1100 units of student housing is good.
@Jk82396 California doesn't have a significantly higher amount of drug addiction or mental illness than other states. What it has is a significantly lower amount of market rate units for rent per capita. Homelessness is mostly a housing supply issue. To solve it we need to build more.
@Dantistez 1100 units of housing with electricity, a roof, plumbing systems, and heating are better than 100 tents no matter how aesthetically unappealing they are. Hope this helps, r word
@thebosssbaby3 Low Rental vacancies have the strongest correlation with homelessness, above mental health, above government spending, above drug addiction, etc.
If you want to reduce homelessness then you have to allow a ton of new market rate housing to be built.
@tragic_maverick@ChristoSavaides Like 10% of UC students experience homelessness, so yes this will go towards reducing homelessness. UC Berkeley wanted to reduce the admissions numbers because they're wasn't enough housing. Do you think that would more negatively effect rich white people or poor minorities? 🤡