• FidelChadstro [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    For anyone curious about the Harris housing plan: https://nhc.org/the-harris-walz-housing-plan-detailed-serious-and-impactful/

    It includes:

    Tax breaks for builders

    Different tax breaks for builders

    Up to $25k for first time home buyers who have not missed rent in the last two years. Also sounds like it might be limited to 1 million buyers a year

    Funds for local govt to distribute to non profits/housing services

    Deregulation ("cutting red tape and bureaucracy")

    Remove tax benefits for corporations that buy single family homes to rent

    Some vague "rent control" that isn't

    • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]
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      2 months ago

      who have not missed rent in the last two years

      Come the fuck on. What in the hell kind of means tested bullshit is this?

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      Damn, that's so radical! No wonder everyone's calling her a communist.

      Is that really the shit that republicans froth at the mouth over?

      • barrbaric [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Is that really the shit that republicans froth at the mouth over?

        Yes. They froth at literally anything, then the dems attempt to "triangulate" (IE attract fascist voters, which doesn't work anymore, if it ever did) and move further right to compensate, which then lets the GOP go even furtherer to the right in reaction. This is fairly common knowledge even among liberals, but they don't think a better world is possible.

    • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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      2 months ago

      Remove tax benefits for corporations that buy single family homes to rent

      Wait are we actually encouraging this specifically right now? Even libs know its contributing to the housing crisis.

      • drhead [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        that's penalizing it, though, unless I'm misunderstanding something?

        • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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          2 months ago

          Well it seems she's proposing removing the benefit, so not exactly penalizing but no longer encouraging (she won't actually do anything of the sort)