More than half a million people are homeless today. As winter approaches, shelters in New York City and Los Angeles are now past capacity. In New York, people in those shelters are starting to be evicted. And as rents across the country continue to soar, the number of people living without adequate shelter will continue to grow. What can we do to solve our housing crisis? Mary Cunningham, the Vice President of Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy at the Urban Institute, joins us to share the best strategies to get more people into homes.
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We need to FORCE RICH PPL to build affordable housing AND a factory nearby that the residents can ern their rent with.
The recent UC San Francisco report indicates that 75% of the homeless population in California have a history of incarceration. Only 3% of Americans in general have a history of incarceration. 60% of the homeless in San Francisco, refuse to go to shelters.
States need to purchase 9 square miles of farmland within commuter distance of cities that are major employers. And on that land, high rise market rate condominiums and high rise rent controlled apartments need to be built that can accommodate 4 to 8 million people in new high population density cities like they have in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, etc.). But we need to stop trying to build more housing in cities that are already overpopulated. That’s really a waste of time.
Many politicians believe that being poor is a "moral" failing. Hence, the poor are lazy bums. Politicians use this propaganda to justify the slashing of Safety Net & Housing programs. Even more shocking, some politicians believe that the government shouldn't be responsible for ANY Safety Net or Housing programs. They believe churches, non-profits & philanthropists should be responsible for aiding the poor. These heartless, sententious politicians has made poverty a policy choice.
The following contributes to the scarcity of affordable housing 1) Fewer landlords accepting Section 8 vouchers 2) the gentrification of older neighborhoods 3) the "don't build affordable housing in my backyard " attitude 4) private equity firms becoming landlords 5) many cities's cumbersome & convoluted bureaucracies which prevent the development of multi unit housing.
The solution is socialism. As it always has been
Mass deportation.
When I lived in England I saw how they solved the homeless issue for individual people and families. The towns and cities own townhouses and the tenants can either just pay rent or they can rent to own. Also, in Moncton New Brunswick Canada they have a unique idea for emergency housing for people on the street. Check it out. Global News Network has a lot of news on this topic! 🇨🇦
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Stop jailing the homeless and make cheaper homes will stop this crisis.
I live in housing authority all I get SSi check every month
Get rid of Blackstone and companies like them, also Lobbyists in America. Watch there be a huge change in everything in America.
Excellent video!
Local governments refuse zoning the construction of low and moderate home building.
New president