• willis936@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I don’t need a train. I need rent that isn’t 60% of my take home, or, better yet, a house. What’s that? NYT is saying that’s never going to happen and that I should just be okay with it. Oh and the economy’s doing great.

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      11 months ago

      Read the news. There’s a few things being tried, but one guy can’t unilaterally do everything, even if you’re president

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      11 months ago

      Most of the things that would improve the housing market would be done at the city level. Getting hedge funds out of owning houses would be nice, but zoning and higher density are things done by your local city council.

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      11 months ago

      We should have both. The trains will do a lot for regular people, and so would bringing back capital gains taxes.