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minus-squareMaxHardwood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoNobody is homeless waiting for a home to be built they can purchase. There isn’t a physical housing shortage.
minus-squareramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agoAre you suggesting that building affordable homes wouldn’t help anyone escape homelessness?
minus-squareMaxHardwood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoHomeless people aren’t usually the class that can secure a mortgage or have the cash to purchase a home regardless of the affordability of the home.
minus-squareramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoRight, but you can also rent affordable housing…
Nobody is homeless waiting for a home to be built they can purchase. There isn’t a physical housing shortage.
Are you suggesting that building affordable homes wouldn’t help anyone escape homelessness?
Homeless people aren’t usually the class that can secure a mortgage or have the cash to purchase a home regardless of the affordability of the home.
Right, but you can also rent affordable housing…