Proof-Variation7005 t1_is17ume wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:45 PM

Reply to comment by Seasnek in why is our government so ignorant in Rhode Island? just because the weather is warm during the summer does not mean that the homeless go away. why do they wait until the cold weather to go and fix the problem? they never gets fixed?! we obviously need more shelters unless bike path. by [deleted]

I get the resistance to subsidizing any developer but the shortage of housing supply overall, I believe the phrase "beggars can't be choosers" is very fitting here. The city/state needs to increase the housing stock dramatically. We're better off with the Superman building, Fane tower and that South Water development existing.

And it's baffling and infuriating that D.A.R.E. won't or can't see that, though this feels more like the principled progressivism viewpoint where people will argue against any good thing because it's not the full and complete solution to every aspect of the problem.

Seasnek t1_is388eg wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:46 PM

The thing is we need new Affordable housing. All the housing that gets built is luxury housing, then it pushes out all the people who can’t afford to live in the area. (Worker shortages already happening) literally, all these luxury housing are being built and are empty. They are not a good thing, they are not benefiting anyone.