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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 · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAffordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.
minus-squareasteroidnova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.