Agree. We have politicians ballooning the market and most are share holders, landlords, or developers. We also need to reevaluate school funding using property taxes. Different beast but still attached at the hip.

1200sq ft only worth $300,000? 🤣 My 820 SQ ft home on 1600 SQ ft of land cost nearly $880,000 a few years ago, and is currently valued at 1.2 million on redfin, though that's ridiculous. And it's pretty average quality, just in a relatively nice neighborhood in a major city on the US West Coast. It's insane.

You're entirely right but the reality of it is that people's houses are effectively one of their biggest investments. That's a tough hill to climb back down from.

Agreed. We allow industrial building to infest residential areas ( usually minority areas ), we need to fix the laws. That includes local because they hold a lot of power. Incentives local governments to stop redlining and remove old racist laws on the books.

I wish we had laws that would benefit the buys like the veteran loan programs have ( buying lower API points, refinancing for free or greatly reduced, more secure loaners ). More taxes on quick flips, short term rentals, and multiple houses owned by single investor(s). Stop people from looking at houses as an investment but as a universal necessity.

We can't abandon better for perfect.

I really hate how what you're saying is so goddamn common sense and yet people will drag their heels supporting it, partially because some selfishly think they may be an oppressor one day...

Each day gets harder than the last, I swear.

That would require a lot of red tape for the government. Doing a spacex model could work though. Pick a industry leader and partner with the us government to aid in the whole process.

Two things,

1. You will have to partner with, at minimal, a decent owner. Require that only union approved works build the product. Require union works to make up a percentage of the board. Require a minimum percentage of revenue to be invested in innovation and research.

2. Require social, economic, and environmental research to be the driving force and implement their recommendations. Lay out their goals (i.e. decrease the gap between white and minority ownership, CO2 reduction / neutral production, bloated budgets / unnecessary spending).

People need to look at houses as a universal necessity , not an investment.

Lower regulations for building houses and encourage the construction of houses. Also build a subway near the suburbs to reduce car use.

There is a lot of unused land because there are no basic services or they do not meet demand. This should also be encouraged.

A lot of places appear to be trying to go for option C: persecuting homelessness in order to bring back Victorian-style workhouses and expand prison slavery.

Hold there feet to the fire (not a threat ). We let people get in office and allow them to slide bc they are "team". Keep pushing for more progressive programs.

The US average voting turn out for elections are low. We need to be more active. That is how we got these broken laws. Racist and oppressive people vote, EVERY TIME. If you don't see that person, then run for a local spot. That is actual change.