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GORDON wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:15 pm You're even required by law to go to school, no matter your race or sex. Some peeps might be mean to you along the way, but that applies to white people, too.

Oh man, wait til you learn about the schools they go to.

Tell me about them thecatt

GORDON wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:12 pm Tell me about them thecatt

they suck.

Too bad the government doesn't take in enough money to enforce existing rules about that sort of thing.

GORDON wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:52 pm Too bad the government doesn't take in enough money to enforce existing rules about that sort of thing.

Guess we need more taxes.

Yeah that's the problem

GORDON wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:36 am Yeah that's the problem

the taxes are local. So local schools suck in certain localities

And districts receive both state, and federal, funding as well.

The money is there. It is mismanaged, and the steps needed to fix the districts won't be taken.

And I've argued before that money isn't the primary resource needed for teaching children, anyway. They need a quiet room that doesn't leak when it rains. If the kids are there to learn, and the teachers are there to teach, and administration there to support the process, everything would work.

Yes if I only they had enough money for all of thay

Yeah they're hurting for money.

GORDON wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:58 pm The money is there. It is mismanaged, and the steps needed to fix the districts won't be taken.

This and it's indisputable.

Failed school administrators switch cities more often than Catholic priests.

In 22 states you need a 6 figure income to buy a "typical house".

The average salary in the U.S. is $59K and change.

Average salary by state.

Another article about how people just starting out can't afford their dream home because they want to skip the starter home phase?

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:33 pm Another article about how people just starting out can't afford their dream home because they want to skip the starter home phase?

Or, rent.

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:33 pm Another article about how people just starting out can't afford their dream home because they want to skip the starter home phase?

Listen, I'm on your side with the whole "earn your way there" thing, but you lose me if you think houses are priced correctly. Especially with interest rates being where they are compared to where they had been recently.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:44 pm

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:33 pm Another article about how people just starting out can't afford their dream home because they want to skip the starter home phase?

Listen, I'm on your side with the whole "earn your way there" thing, but you lose me if you think houses are priced correctly. Especially with interest rates being where they are compared to where they had been recently.

Make it easierr to build new ones.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:45 pm Make it easierr to build new ones.

Why is it so hard currently?

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:02 pm

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:45 pm Make it easierr to build new ones.

Why is it so hard currently?

Varies by location, but lots of rules in many areas constraining housing construction. San Francisco is often cited as an example for this.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:45 pm

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:44 pm

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:33 pm Another article about how people just starting out can't afford their dream home because they want to skip the starter home phase?

Listen, I'm on your side with the whole "earn your way there" thing, but you lose me if you think houses are priced correctly. Especially with interest rates being where they are compared to where they had been recently.

Make it easierr to build new ones.

That's an ok step 1.

Step 2: end the practice of businesses (and China) buying up everything as rentals.
Step 3: stop the flood of new people over the border adding to housing pressure.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:12 pm Varies by location, but lots of rules in many areas constraining housing construction. San Francisco is often cited as an example for this.

Ok. I'm in total agreement.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:15 pm Step 2: end the practice of businesses (and China) buying up everything as rentals.

Make it illegal for foreign powers to own homes aside from ones they provide to staff (registered with the government) that work here.

As for corporations...
-Banks are excluded from rules for obvious reasons, but they should have some limit on how long they can keep a house off the market (Maybe? Catt, would that be unfair to them? Would they care?)
-Houses should be off the market as investment assets, ala what Blackrock has been doing.
-AirBnB and their ilk should be limited to a certain number of houses. I have no idea how that would look, but I'm thinking it would need to be controlled on a city by city basis. Resort cities should probably allow a higher percentage than say, Detroit.

Related question: We see lots of stories on the news about stupid squatter laws hurting the average citizen, but Blackrock owns a shitton of houses. If they're vacant, why aren't people moving into them?