• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    If they are mostly targeting rich buys then yeah…what is the point.

    I mean, it seems a safe bet Biden is doing it because people who own billion dollar office buildings tend to make large political donations… So this could just be him funneling them taxpayer money, so they give him less money in donations.

    But he says he legitimately thinks this is a good use of taxpayer money and will help the average American.

    Like most things Biden does, we have to try and figure out if he’s lying about why he’s doing it, or just really doesn’t understand the problem.

    Which is pretty depressing.

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      10 months ago

      Oh….Ahahaha. I thought we were talking about Canada. The gov here is not paying to convert, but there are developers planning as these big towers need to find a new life and fast. In theory it should add more supply, but I think we are both agreeing that it likely will not go that way…at least not enough to bring down overall house prices. Real estate is really just about the investment with the homes and offices just tenants or purchasers a distant second. It is about maintaining real estate value above all else. At least in Canada and surely the same in the USA as we are so similar.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah, this article is about US.

        But I do think Canada has the same problem.

        Per square foot (or however many beavers or whatever Canada uses) expensive housing earns more than an affordable one of the same size.

        So developers keep building fancy housing no one can afford that sits empty, while the lack of affordable housing causes homelessness.

        It’s technically making more housing available, just not for the people who need more housing.

        Like if there was a food shortage so the government started subsiding caviar and champagne. Sure, they’re helping with food availability, it’s just not helping anyone that actually has food insecurity