This sounds nice until we see that in the majority of markets that vacant units outnumber the homeless population by a significant factor.
You can again misconstrue my argument and say that people will be shipped off to camps in the middle of fucking nowhere (which is ridiculous) or you can go to this argument which that now there are just not enough homes, which is also fucking bullshit.
Or maybe you can stop licking the boots of landlords and understand that commodified housing is causing this issue.
85,000 vacant units in Seattle vs 17k homeless on any given night, 54,000 using the broadest definition of “homeless”
80,000 vacant units in Michigan vs 33,000 homeless again using the broadest definition
291,000 vacant units in Wisconsin vs 3200-20,000 homeless (again depending on how broadly you define “homeless”)
I challenge you to find a city outside of NYC where the vacancy rate doesn’t grossly outweigh the homeless population. And in NYC case you have the surrounding metro area. “B-b-b-b-but properties are being renovated!” Bullshit. 85,000 properties in Seattle being renovated? Come on. At least some of those are some rich fucks second property that they use sparingly. Restrict that, use it for low income housing, done.
This sounds nice until we see that in the majority of markets that vacant units outnumber the homeless population by a significant factor.
You can again misconstrue my argument and say that people will be shipped off to camps in the middle of fucking nowhere (which is ridiculous) or you can go to this argument which that now there are just not enough homes, which is also fucking bullshit.
Or maybe you can stop licking the boots of landlords and understand that commodified housing is causing this issue.
85,000 vacant units in Seattle vs 17k homeless on any given night, 54,000 using the broadest definition of “homeless”
80,000 vacant units in Michigan vs 33,000 homeless again using the broadest definition
291,000 vacant units in Wisconsin vs 3200-20,000 homeless (again depending on how broadly you define “homeless”)
I challenge you to find a city outside of NYC where the vacancy rate doesn’t grossly outweigh the homeless population. And in NYC case you have the surrounding metro area. “B-b-b-b-but properties are being renovated!” Bullshit. 85,000 properties in Seattle being renovated? Come on. At least some of those are some rich fucks second property that they use sparingly. Restrict that, use it for low income housing, done.