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DrewCrew62 t1_jch1wyq wrote

It’s all well and good that articles like this get written, but when are the state and local governments actually going to DO something about it?

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Good-Expression-4433 t1_jchgcz6 wrote

When people start caring enough to turn up to hearings.

Landlord and real estate investors show up to hearings on housing prices and development in large groups like clockwork and there's often only a very small handful of tenants that do, and even that's often done through a community activist group.

People are fine with bitching about things but they don't care enough to step up and do or say anything about it to the people that can change shit. Even if you physically can't attend, there's a lot people can do with outreach efforts on social media or just making a phone call/sending an email.

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Abaraji t1_jcixjm2 wrote

People showed up to protest at the hearings about the electricity rate hikes before last October and they still happened...

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_jckc09a wrote

i think meaningful action requires more than a single protest/testimony at the 11th hour.

the electric rate hike sucks but we didn't even have the most extreme one in new england. having an oldass grid and other market factors werne't going to magically disappear if enough people talk about how much it sucks.

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cojwa t1_jci9gen wrote

They are, the Senate is pushing through a 14 bill housing package that will pave the way for far more affordable housing and to curb zoning to allow for more housing

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PvDSteamRoll t1_jchrar2 wrote

It’s a great problem to have. The last thing you’d want is cratering housing costs.

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