• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    The fact more people living alone is a huge contributor to the housing crisis that no one seems to talk much about. Add on the fact people want larger and larger houses, and you get… What we have

      • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        There’s clearly a lot of factors that contribute to it, the number of people able/allowed to live in denser housing arrangements being one of them. That doesn’t discount the role of capital and wealth inequality.

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          2 months ago

          There’s really not. Exotic mortgages are being hidden by private equity offer DSCRs. As well as AirBnBs deregulating the hotel industry. The number of people in the US didn’t increase. And yes COVID caused building to stop for a year but that doesn’t explain a 40% price jump 4 years later.

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            2 months ago

            None of this seems like an argument that there is one and only one reason and I don’t see what any of it it has to do with grouped together use of housing in particular. I feel like people are just dogmatic about their pet cause being the one true one because they believe in the political implications of the narrative and not letting the ‘other side’ influence it.

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      2 months ago

      I have two friends who live alone who would definitely prefer a smaller and cheaper apartment. Although this is anecdotal, my experiences has been it’s a cost problem first.

      They don’t have the luxury to be concerned about the size of the unit. The basic standard of a place to live within driving distance already consumes their entire budget.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      “Get a partner to solve the housing crisis” is funny but doesn’t check out. Living alone as a group grew much more significantly between 1960 and 1980 than it did since then.

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      2 months ago

      Nah. Making people have to have roommates is not a solution to the housing crisis.