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mdervin t1_j2462qz wrote

Reply to comment by Brambleshire in Opinion: New York finally has momentum on housing and it’s time for a breakthrough by King-of-New-York

Right and the best way to care about poor people is to create a housing shortage where middle class people are forced to move to the poor neighborhoods driving up their rents.

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Brambleshire t1_j259d0o wrote

Or we could just build affordable housing instead of all luxury, and we could require a unit for anyone displaced by redevelopment.

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mdervin t1_j25eb76 wrote

You mean like the projects?

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Brambleshire t1_j25mulm wrote

Ya dude. I want everyone to live in projects. Status quo neglected public housing all the way, how did you know??

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mdervin t1_j27aexa wrote

You aren’t proposing anything else.

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Brambleshire t1_j2a2c2o wrote

in every thread where this topic is brought up, and in grass roots organizing, I am advocating for affordability and protection from displacement.

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mdervin t1_j2a7vt5 wrote

and how do you build affordable housing?

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