Posted on 01/11/2026 8:55:33 PM PST by SeekAndFind
New York City's socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform of making things "free" and "affordable." That was a lie, of course. He has no authority to, for example, make the city's buses and subways "free" for commuters. In fact, a few days after he took office, the subway fare climbed to $3 per ride.
He also thinks he can make World Cup tickets "available to all New Yorkers," because — like all socialists — he has no idea how the real world actually work.
But his most nefarious plans come from housing. He and his housing/tenant advisor Cea Weaver, hate private property (yours, not theirs, of course) and want to abolish it so everyone can live in government housing. It'll be free or affordable, they promised. And high-quality.
Anyone who has spent any time in government-run anything knows it's neither affordable nor high-quality.
And now the "warmth of collectivism" will cost you 30 percent of your income if you want to keep a roof over your head.
Zohran Mamdani’s advisers plan for socialized housing..
“Housing will be owned by a collective and everyone will be paying 30% of their income, in order to live in their housing.”
“If someone makes $0 per year, they live for free — if someone makes $500k per year, they’re… pic.twitter.com/fBeN5CNHMB— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) January 9, 2026
"What I am envisioning," Weaver said, "is a world in which the housing is owned by a collective. And people are paying 30 percent of their income in order to live in their housing."
We thought housing was a right.
What does Weaver mean we have to pay for something that's a right?
"If your income is zero," Weaver continued, "you pay zero. If your income is $500,000 a year, you're paying 30 percent of that. And the government is...the sort of owner or not even the owner. The government doesn't have to be the owner, but the government is what's making sure all of that sort of works and cash flows."
She also admitted something without knowing she admitted it: the "collective" won't own anything. The government will. That's what they mean by the "warmth of collectivism": AWFLs like Weaver will decide where and how you live, and take all of your money for it.
And anyone who makes $500,000 a year is going to figure out a way to dial that down to $0 a year. Who in their right mind would continue working to pay for sub-par housing when their neighbor who sits at home and does nothing pays nothing?
““Housing will be owned by a collective and everyone will be paying 30% of their income, in order to live in their housing.”
Do the wealthy get to stay in their homes.
Who decides who gets which house?
All those bureaucrats making all those decisions are not going to work for free.
“but the government is what’s making sure all of that sort of works and cash flows.” “
The operative words...”sort of works”.
These people are not just morons but clueless retards.
What is Mamcommie’s salary?
THE WHEELS IN NYC ARE STARTING TO OFF RATHER QUICKLY
“Sort of works”. Not a single clue. Not one.
The wheels on the buds go round and round then fall off.
I hope they do communism and socialism writ large So that everybody can see that it does not work
It depends. Weaver is going to change homeowners’ relationship with their homes.
“… when their neighbor who sits at home and does nothing pays nothing?”
This is exactly why the USSR had “social parasite” laws that required citizens to take whatever job they were assigned. Of course, that led to the joke “We pretend to work, and the government pretends to pay us.”
"the "collective" won't own anything. The government will."
Communism is not supposed to “work.”
Hey New Yorkers, sharpen up the pitchforks... You’re gonna’ need them.
Sorry, but they don’t even reach up to the level of “clueless retards”.
Any bets on whether NYC voters are so fn stupid as to double down next election ?
That’s make no sense.
I would say, that her housing ideas are actually making housing more expensive for people.
I do not believe, I have ever paid 30% of my income on housing!
And even now the poor are getting free housing!
So where is the beef?
Because, this is just a communist idea, trying to get gov more power, and steal money from us, the unwashed working crowds, who pay dearly for these idiotic ideas!
The rich live off investments, not income. So how will that work exactly?
“If someone makes $0 per year, they live for free — if someone makes $500k per year...”
Why would any sane person pay 150,000 a year to live in slum housing he does not own when he can step outside NYC, buy a house he can own, and live there on a mortgage paying one fifth of the slum housing rent? The only folks that will be living in Mamdani’s collective paradise will be the same ghetto dwellers living in city owned housing that has a worse record at making repairs then private investors stuck with rent control and the city taxpayers will be forever subsidizing every one of those collective apartments
The DTI, debt to income ratio, for mortgage approval is suggested to be below 36%. You could get mortgage up to, maybe 45% if you get some risk taking lender.
So, basically, the lenders would not allow you to spend too much more of your income, ever!
And, mortgage stay the same, or less during the time of the loan, so sooner or later, you will pay a lot less for your housing.
When I got my first mortgage, the payment was substantial portion of my income, even if still below 30% of my income.
Fifteen years later, after refinancing, raises and inflation, the mortgage was just chump change.
The “warmth” of the collective is nothing other than SUBMISSION to the collective.
Teaming up with gov. horseface Hocul will bring higher state taxes to fund this commie. She needs his votes for re election
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