Most people do not have an issue with providing more affordable housing. There is plenty of space available to build or convert housing in areas that can support this type of housing.

Building out in small towns is just idiotic. Lower income people are best located in areas where you don’t need a car and closer to services and agencies they would likely need such as medical care. To be cost effective they are also likely going to be high density housing such as apartments and high rises.

Why is there not enough then? For a developer there is just not enough money in it. Lots of red tape and as a developer you want to build something you can likely sell at a later date.

To me it makes the most sense for the government to hire a builder to construct the housing on land already owned by the state. So the land is free. Then to hire a private property management company to run it. In the end this should not cost much if anything for taxpayers.

We don’t see this as our politicians are really only interested in talk and not into problem solving. They just like to point fingers.