This is the paradox of housing development in Los Angeles and so many other cities: The politics of the affordable housing crisis are terrible. The politics of what you’d need to do to solve it are even worse. nytimes.com/2022/10/23/opi…
@ezraklein Local governments are using exorbitant amounts of taxpayer money to purchase real estate in the name of ‘solving homelessness’ yet there are more street vagrants than ever. The money isn’t going to the homeless! The media should do their jobs & find the disconnect!
@ezraklein It’s not hard top taking years to approve and pilling on millions in fees and “mitigation” requirements.
@ezraklein Elite lib poverty porn is pretty gross. They love to talk about wretched situations in society to make them feel like compassionate people but don’t expect them to make any meaningful personal sacrifices to do anything other than talk/ intellectualize issues.
@ezraklein Find out how they did it in Finland. Somehow, they got units built despite whatever opposition there was.
@ezraklein Maybe more trickle down economics will solve this. Right? More tax cuts for the wealthy than the trillion trump gave. Right? More lax regulation too so corporations are more profitable. Right?
@ezraklein Starter houses are too big. To hold 2 cars. And multiple TV's. KitchenAid. And the pool.
@ezraklein What do you think about Martin Muoto, founder and CEO of SoLa Impact?
@ezraklein You do realize you just published the book pitch for 1943's "The Fountainhead," don't you?