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[–] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well, to be fair there are indeed enough houses... We kinda just assumed they would, by the grace of the market, end up distributed among virtually all people and at a fair price. The reason they never did and increasingly don't is one of the largest unsolved problems in economics /s

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

We know what the problem is, and how to solve it. The people in charge just don't want it solved.

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

This is so weird, isn't it? I reran the model thousand times, it can't be wrong! I mean, what's supposed to be wrong? The assumptions? That's ridiculous! Let me readjust the factors once more...

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The houses aren't in the right place where people need them, however. Where are there millions of unoccupied homes in California, Oregon and Washington?

Oregon alone is short something like 150,000 housing units. I can't ever recall seeing an empty house that stayed vacant for very long.