• tmyakal
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    4 days ago

    The problem is construction. America needs millions of new homes to meet demand. And this bill doesn’t stop venture capital from building new homes; it just mandates that they sell those homes within seven years.

    So, yes, they’ll be building barely-affordable shit boxes, but those shit boxes will be designed to last exactly eight years.

    Edit: correcting autocorrect-induced typos

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Yep, and having seen all the ways for profit market based entities have screwed people over my entire life I think the only real answer to this problem of construction is a massive public works project. Housing healthcare education and public safety are all too important to be left up to markets.