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Posted on 01/16/2026 5:57:59 PM PST by John Semmens
With affordability expected to be a key factor in deciding the outcome of the 2026 elections, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) says he is giving his top housing advisor Cea Weaver "free rein. She has some fabulous ideas that will greatly reduce the cost of housing for the masses."
"The major impediment to efficiently housing our population is the notion that the middle-class should be home-owners," Weaver insisted. "They are lured into this trap by the notion that owning a home can help them build equity and grow their wealth. This is bourgeois nonsense. Private home-ownership is riddled with costly redundancies like in-home kitchens and private bathrooms. We need to shift toward communal methods to improve efficiency. In the housing provided to college students individuals living in dormitories get a private bed, but they share a bathroom and their food is prepared by professionals and served in a cafeteria."
"I see no good reason why this model couldn't be modified to suit families," Weaver continued. "Instead of just having an individual bed for one student, a family could have a suite of rooms varying in number and size based on need as determined by the public housing authority. A multi-family bathroom could be shared on each floor of the apartment building and a communal cafeteria on the ground floor would serve all the meals. Each individual or family would pay a standard 30% of their income, if they have an income, for this food and shelter. Those unable or unwilling to pay would be subsidized by those who are. This would exemplify the collectivist warmth that Mayor Mamdani has promised will replace the frigid rugged individualism that has plagued America since its founding."
"For now, individuals will be permitted to opt out if they can afford it," she added. "Persons who have made significant contributions to public service like former Vice-President Kamala Harris will be able to buy private homes like the $8 million seaside mansion she has just purchased in Malibu California. In the future, there will come a time when all housing is owned by the government and assigned to residents that have met the criteria required to serve the collective good."
The former Vice-President acknowledged that "previously, I said to live in a coastal community is to live on the front lines of the climate crisis. It is fitting that I, one of the nation's leading citizens bear this risk so that the common people don't have to. I'm not too worried, though. When I was in the Senate I cosponsored the Living Shorelines Act. This law allocates $50 million/year in federal funds to fight rising sea levels. So my new home should be safe."
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sounds like something they really would say.
Collectivist warmth manifesting under collar....
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