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[–] chillBurner@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seriy. I swear, half of "journalism" now is basically "no shit, Sherlock." I'd rather read stories about what our politicians/leaders are doing to address it.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

To be clear, the only way to solve the housing crisis is a large public construction project to build dense, urban, mixed-use (residential & commercial) city blocks full of midrises and/or "commie towers" (a.k.a Khrushyovka if you're in the post-soviet world). And then to establish strict rent control in those units or even turn them into social housing provided by the state. The only people this would hurt is landlords and private property developers, who of course are lobbying hard to prevent this.

If your politicians are doing something else to allegedly "solve the housing crisis" it is either pointless or actively harmful (e.g. building more luxury apartments or single-family homes in suburbia)