The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended in housing threads as a decent dive into the problem and possible long-term solutions.
What it is
About Here looks at the housing crisis and argues for non-market solutions such as co-op and social housing, drawing on Vancouver's situation. It discusses how public supply can hold down rents.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2022 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends ZeroGravitas · 2022-11 · on “The world is run by people no smarter than you”
A recent video on co-op and social housing, that makes simlar points, with the somewhat clickbaity title of: The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis [this video] The video seems to switch to "non-market" as a description.
Recommends layoric · 2022-11 · on “I hate living in my tiny house (2019)”
That might work for some but moving away from common infrastructure creates other problems. I found this video [0] a decent dive into issues and possible long term solutions. None quick or easy but I think are most likely to succeed in a lot of places. [0] [this video]
Recommends readonthegoapp · 2023-05 · on “Imagine a Renters' Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.”
i watched a couple youtubes over the past few months on this -- if you supply at least some public housing, it can have an outsized ability to keep rents down: Bloomberg Originals: Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All [LINK] About Here: The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis (indy urban planning-types out of Vancouver, BC) [this video]
Recommends ImPleadThe5th · 2023-10 · on “The Rent Is Too Damn Algorithmic”
Making landlords compete with low-cost government subsidized housing. Vienna[0] is a fantastic model. Though I think implementing this in the US has a lot of stigma and challenges to overcome (ie, how can the government mass purchase apartments/land to create subsidized housing). Also, cooperative housing. A group of people buy a property with a Loan, and the cost of the loan + management is payed by all people in the apartment. Eventually, the loan is payed off and the cost of rent is lowered to cover only maintenance/mangement. This also has to come with restrictions about ownership and renting out the apartment. Because its ultimately a collective, its unfortunately totally possible there
Cites toomuchtodo · 2023-10 · on “If the Economy Is So Strong, Why Are Consumer Stocks Tanking?”
> If we do that you'll have two social classes. You'll have the price fixed low income housing that looks like it belongs in a Command & Conquer game It does not have to be this way. [this video] [LINK]