The problem I have is, why do we need gvt $$$ for housing? The private sector will build housing, if allowed, and it will probably be superior to any "public housing" the government funds. Whenever government gets involved there are always strings attached and they're never put in place to benefit the community. Maybe I'm just overthinking this.
No, you are not over thinking this. I live here. The private sector is furiously building housing. Lots of new houses, apartments and hotels have gone up in the last few years with tons more being built at the moment. The ND GOP is like politicians everywhere. You give them a dollar to spend and they’ll spend it. What needs to happen here in ND is to eliminate taxes, starting with the state income tax or property tax.
I’m not sure it is directly for housing. The big problem seems to be what’s called “infrastructure” - water and sewer, roads and city streets, that kind of thing. One would think there’s a natural lag time between extremely fast population growth like in western ND, the infrastructure it requires, and tax revenue growth. The population grows much faster than the tax revenue. I think the 800 million is to try to get ahead of the population growth lead/tax revenue infrastructure curve.
“The problem I have is, why do we need gvt $$$ for housing? The private sector will build housing, if allowed, and it will probably be superior to any “public housing” the government funds.”
BINGO!
Well said.
No you're not! Not only are you correct in your thinking, there's something else clearly in play here… GANG-GREEN hates "housing" of any kind, either public or private as much or more than they hate oil patch development and it's economic progress that call for real estate "improvements" such as housing, schools, urban sprawl.
They only tolerate "infill development," "mass transit," "bike trails" and "putting Americans back on their feet!"
When I worked at Wally World 3 years ago in Wisconsin they were begging people to go to Williston. $15 per hour plus moving and housing expenses. If there is a worker shortage who will build these roads and houses and schools.
You got that right. As usual, politicians trying to vie for power.