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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Nah, using tax dollars to increase property values in a housing crisis is counterproductive as fuck. It increases rents for everyone else as well. Better off attacking it from the supply side with a massive subsidized housing effort and just tanking the market. But that's politically toxic.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

The problem is that almost everyone would be better off if the housing market tanked. Except donors.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Federal housing policy has always been about inflating housing asset values. The Harris "plan" is just more of the same. Anyone who thinks either party actually wants to lower housing prices is delusional.