Should the government solve the housing crisis by building l...

People want affordable housing. People want to build affordable housing. Yet, it's not happening.

If the government could build homes for $200,000 (which I think you'd have to be rather naïve to think it could build what you think a $200,000 home is)…

Answer that, and you'll have a much better idea what the root of the “housing crisis” is.

Why did my bipolar girlfriend split up with me?

It has the whiff of the right solution: if you want homes to be more affordable, you need more homes.

And not just a single buyer.

why are people not already building $200,000 homes like crazy?

I’m wondering about attachment and transference with the therapist and the idea of escape and fantasy? How much do you think your strong feelings, constant thoughts, desires to be with your therapist are a way to escape from your present life? I wonder if the transference serves another purpose than to show us our wounds and/or past experiences, but is a present coping strategy for managing what we don’t want to face (even if unconsciously) in the present—-current relationships, life circumstances, etc. Can anyone relate to this concept of escape in relation to their therapy relationship? How does this play out for you?

What would stop a developer from buying up 10 acres, and constructing 80–160 housing units there?

But now ask yourself a far more basic question:

Should the government solve the housing crisis by building large numbers of affordable homes to force the market downward? Perhaps $200,000 homes in an area of 500k homes.

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