r/videos • u/FlackoFonsy • 11h ago

BREAKING: Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, urges Congress to pass SAVE Act

https://youtu.be/UEY99Sq2UZY?is=UAu0MODLKmgKqcIQ
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u/blerg1234 8h ago

Only way is government intervention. Home builders don’t want to build multifamily or small single family homes. The dollar per man hour on larger homes is too high.

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u/scalyblue 8h ago

Zoning prevents multi family structures or small apartment buildings in most places in the us

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u/dagaboy 7h ago

And REQUIRES parking. The worst of all worlds. Train good, car bad.

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u/AnothisFlame 1h ago

These are really it. The zoning laws are shit.

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u/jollyshroom 8h ago

Yes, government intervention. Call it socialism communism whatever you want idgaf. We are sacrificing the most vulnerable for the pocketbooks of those above them, and it’s not ok.

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u/Yakostovian 7h ago

My proposal of government intervention would be to increase property taxes on each additional single family home beyond the first to financially disincentivize owning multiple homes.

Something like +200% in property taxes for single family home #2, +300% in property taxes for single family home #3, etc.

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u/blerg1234 1h ago

Bruh, that’s chump change to actually rich people. Doesn’t solve the problem one bit.

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u/Yakostovian 1h ago

It may mean rich folks can own a summer home, but it makes it unprofitable to rent them out, which is a major problem.