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jpreston2005
lemmy.world

At the Republican National Convention last month, Ohio Sen. JD Vance even offered a radical solution to the crisis.

His plan, and Trump’s, was to free up housing stock by deporting 11 million people.

Yeah this isn't a plan, you don't have to frame it as a plan. It's literally "all your problems are minorities fault." It's a racist dogwhistle sounding like a bullhorn.

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BertramDitorereply
lemmy.world

The opposing folks are referred to as NIMBYs though, for “not in my backyard,” so the yes is critical.

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Pandemaniumreply
lemm.ee

A lot of cities have started regulating (or even outright banning) Airbnbs. Get your neighbors on board and start a dialogue with your city council members.

There's not a lot you can do about corporations, but you can encourage other owners not to sell to shell companies.

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Armok_the_bunnyreply
lemmy.world

So just because this one thing won't solve the problem on its own we shouldn't do it. More housing, and especially more affordable housing will help by virtue of creating more supply, and the alternative is building less new housing which has the exact same problem as what you bring up with building more. On top of that corporations and landlords and Airbnb "investors" don't purchase all the housing that is available right now, so even if the rate at which that occurred stayed the same in absolute terms this would mean a lot more housing becoming available to actual residents.

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Armok_the_bunnyreply
lemmy.world

I agree that doing this and nothing else isn't enough, but it will help and there isn't any other one thing that would solve the problem either. Problems like this require a wide array of answers each of which only help a little but taken together are the solution.

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HomerianSymphony
lemmy.world

More housing is exactly what America desperately needs right now, and hearing Harris say this makes me want to vote for her.

But I still need to hear that she's going to do something about Israel.

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shastaxcreply
lemm.ee

But don't we have a declining population now? I feel like tackling corporate ownership of houses would be more impactful and the supply issue gets better over time on its own

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YeetPicsreply
mander.xyz

Just don't vote 🤷

You can even stop constantly bringing up who you plan to vote for, it's completely legal 🤷

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