Posted on 03/26/2024 12:05:31 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
You’ve probably heard of the “Not In My Backyard” — or NIMBY — movement, but you might not be familiar with “Yes In My Backyard,” an approach that embraces affordable housing development in every community. We face a national housing crisis, and Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the needs of our neighbors, ignore the problem or hope someone else will solve it. We need more YIMBYs.
As chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Affordable Housing Task Force, I’m proud to lead our group of YIMBY Democrats in the House, and unveil the New Dems’ comprehensive Housing Action Plan to combat the growing inequity in the housing crisis.
The stakes are clear. We are short around 3 million homes across the country — a shortage that disproportionately affects lower-income families. In the working-class, suburban district I represent, we face a shortage of at least 55,000 homes, and almost 80,000 people in my district live on the brink of homelessness and in extreme poverty. But even the homes and apartments that are available are out of reach for most Americans; there is no state or county in the country where a renter working full-time at minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment.
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Why in the name of sweet baby cthulhu would you be trying to rent a two bed-room apartment on minimum wage?
When I earned minimum wage, (plus ten cents an hour because I was willing to work swing shift and a second part time job) I was just able to afford a studio apartment in a not great area. That was over 30 years ago when housing was supposedly "affordable". And we were not being overrun with democrat illegal imports.
If you are earning minimum wage you should not be renting a two bedroom unless you are taking on at least one if not three room mates.
What "leprechaun riding on unicorns" world do these people live in?
Cabrini Green?
Unfortunately some people never learn by telling them anything
Another thread is saying that there is a 24% increase in available real estate inventory and there is also an increase in available rental apartments over prior years.
Can we assume she has spare bedrooms aplenty?
It is not lack of available housing which is causing this. It is caused by the high cost to build any housing usually driven by regulations that are not health or safety related. An example is bans on mother in law apartments or small guest cottages on single family parcels. Another is requiring certain architectural features in certain districts. Oh and lets not forget how many cities are demanding all electric utilities for new housing.
Dems who have done more to make housing out of range for working families have a lot of nerve now to demand neighborhoods be destroyed to solve this crisis.
The key word is allow. I am guessing such uses were often forbidden under local zoning laws. This change just means local authorities can’t ban that use. It does not mean owners must turn those structures to such uses.
The big problem (which someone surely pointed out) is that using an attic and basement for apartment space will require quite a bit of upgrade to meet basic life-safety codes. But the choice should be up to the owner. This is a restoration of property rights.
Towns can still do things like have parking requirements for such change of use and make sure all health/housing codes are still met. For example if the septic tank (for those not on municipal sewer) is not large enough for more occupants that would be reason to reject the permit application.
Why should homeless people be imprisoned?
Build housing like that for “homeless.” It can be done. We’ve done it before when we were a lot less wealthy.
If they are mentally incapacitated (as most are and proven by the mere fact they want to live on the streets), then involuntarily commit them to insane asylums.
The states like not having the expense, responsibility and liability of insane asylums!
And our civic life in every large city is totally destroyed as a result. And n many medium sized cities as well.
Watch city films from the 40s to 60s to see what civic life used to be like. Cities were nice, clean, safe places and crime was largely contained in skid row.
I agree!
Typical of the short-term thinking of politicians relying on nonsensical advice from mental health experts.
I’ll let one stay in my lawnmower shed for $10,000 a week.
First week’s rent and security deposit cash in advance.
And I promise not to turn him/her/it over to ICE until I get the first week’s rent check cashed.
“I’ll let one stay in my lawnmower shed for $10,000 a week.”
Hmmmm... Not a bad idea.
And you and your entire family will have tuberculosis, yellow fever, scarlet fever, dengue fever, measles or smallpox within a month. Or be chopped to bits in your bed.
It’s been done. They were called “the projects”. Most of them have been bulldozed.
Ah yes, the Robert Taylor and Cabrini Green homes in suburbia. That will go over well with NIMBY Karen. Why dont they mine for rare earth minerals too for their tax payer subsidized hybrid why they are at it?
FEMA trailers anyone?
That’s exactly what this means. Mass housing coming to your street, and outlawing of single family detached housing zones.
AND let’s make sure property owners can’t evict anyone.
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