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arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkThe US housing market is so expensive that incomes would have to spike 55% for it to be considered affordable, industry exec saysfinance.yahoo.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAffordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.
minus-squareasteroidnova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThey are the ones who vote. They don’t need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we’re learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don’t want better, we want this.
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOr renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.
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Affordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.
They are the ones who vote. They don’t need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we’re learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don’t want better, we want this.
Or renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.