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"If I—a person with so many resources, including the ability to solicit help from thousands of strangers—was finding it impossible to rent a pleasant two-bedroom in my neighborhood [...] what the fuck were people without these things doing?" hellgatenyc.com/one-weird-trick-to-forget-about-the-housing-crisis?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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There's an easy solution. The City should fking seize every AirBnB listed for more than a month. curbed.com/2022/05/new-york-more-airbnb-listings-apartments-rentals.html
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…in reply to @Chronotope
Fk landlords, seize unoccupied units and make them rent controlled. Fine landlords who leave units unoccupied for more than 6 months. Fine landlords who allow AirBnBers to turn rental units into arbitrage. Close loopholes that allow unoccupied housing to be a tax break.
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…in reply to @Chronotope
The city, and the US in general, needs to create downward pressure on rental and home costs. Good cause eviction laws help, but they're a defensive measure. Building more homes isn't enough to address the incentives. We need to go on the offense.
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And the fact that Adams, in this environment, is raising rents on stabilized units that form the floor for rent costs, is a crime. Housing is a human right and Adams should be impeached on that alone. cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/06/why-are-rent-stabilized-tenants-getting-rent-hikes/368495/
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…in reply to @Chronotope
It is shocking and startling that Adams just.... cruised this one through. Just for raising stabilized rents in this environment there should be protesters outside his door and plaguing him every day he goes outside.
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…in reply to @Chronotope
And Adams only response to the housing crisis thus far is to deploy the NYPD against the homeless that he is taking a significant hand in creating. This is real crimes against humanity level activity.
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…in reply to @Chronotope
There are clear known solutions--or at least improvements--that resolve these problems employed by almost every other wealthy country in the world... but not the USA. None of this has to work this way.
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…in reply to @Chronotope
And every time we have this conversation someone brings up "small landlords". Let me nip that in the bud. I don't care about small landlords. Fk landlords. Fk investment firms becoming landlords. Fk big institutional landlords. Fk small landlords. Landlords can go to hell.
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…in reply to @Chronotope
Landlords get a real job challenge.
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…in reply to @Chronotope
Adams, you want to have fun looking like a big man with the NYPD? How about raiding AirBnBs instead of homeless encampments?
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