Kamala Harris to Push for Building 3,000,000 New Homes

[Stephen3141]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-puts-housing-center-economic-pitch-us-voters-2024-08-26/

The 2007-2009 financial crisis left America with a housing shortage of about
2,900,000 homes. Harris is planning on focussing more resources on building
more housing, to make up for the continuing shortage.

 

[Laodicean60]

Bolded text I don't understand? I'd like to hear a more detailed conversation about this plan. BTW rental aid is inflationary. Like streamlining regulations

She also proposed a $40 billion fund to encourage local governments to build more affordable housing, streamlining regulations and expanding rental aid, among other steps.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Sure! Why not! It collected votes in other(ha!) third world countries —why not this one!

 

[theprinceofthisworld]

Privacy is very important in christian life...
There would need new apartament buildings designed as a group of independent houses, without common stairs,
with entrances from the terrace connected only with external lifts for cars/people(and safety stairs).
But I think all humans need privacy...

 

[Mark Quayle]

Bolded text I don't understand? I'd like to hear a more detailed conversation about this plan. BTW rental aid is inflationary. Like streamlining regulations

She also proposed a $40 billion fund to encourage local governments to build more affordable housing, streamlining regulations and expanding rental aid, among other steps.

Redistribution of wealth, that does not belong to them to redistribute. But, they will take it anyway.

 

[Landon Caeli]

The Democrats I've talked to (foolishly) hate this idea. They (foolishly) only care about "low income housing".

 

[Landon Caeli]

Ironically, Trump had a similar idea (Freedom Cities).

 

[Laodicean60]

Redistribution of wealth, that does not belong to them to redistribute. But, they will take it anyway.

The way that sounded was the government becoming builders.

 

[RileyG]

The Democrats I've talked to (foolishly) hate this idea. They (foolishly) only care about "low income housing".

No surprises there.

 

[Laodicean60]

The Democrats I've talked to (foolishly) hate this idea. They (foolishly) only care about "low income housing".

So what do you suggest for low income and let's include homelessness? Whats a Republican fix for this ongoing problem?

 

[Landon Caeli]

So what do you suggest for low income and let's include homelessness? Whats a Republican fix for this ongoing problem?

I don't represent the Republican party - the *current* Republican party, rather, seems to represent my own conscience best... And my conscience tells me that the democrats are for only the poorest of the poor (homeless, immigrants), and traditionally, the Republicans have been for the filthiest of the rich..

...So what about the middle class?

I'll tell you what, if just for a single cycle we could have someone who is actually for the middle class for the first time in 100 years (which we do), all our worst problems would be solved.

When you build up the middle class, it naturally welcomes in the poor. And the poor become the middle class.

So by building lots and lots more houses, you flood the market, which lowers prices, and helps everyone. It's simple supply and demand. And just like with any product; when supply increases, the prices always drop. That's how the poor benefit from the mighty middle-class.

Everyone benefits from the mighty middle-class, they just don't know it yet.

 

[Landon Caeli]

It's not "trickle down", it's "Soak from the middle out".

Soak us!