• pokemaster787
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    1 year ago

    we have more empty houses than homeless people

    This is true, but very few of those houses exist where homelessness is a major problem. Location plays a huge role in someone’s life and we can’t just ship everyone that’s homeless or struggling to a dying small town in the US.

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      1 year ago

      The lowest non-condemned house in my city is currently listed at over half a million dollars. There is a three story office building in my block that has been empty since March 2020.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not understanding what you’re trying to say.

        If the lowest house in your area is $0.5M and it’s selling… that’s supply and demand. Low supply of housing, high demand in your area. It sucks but it’s a lack of local supply to drive prices down (likely coupled with skyrocketing building materials costs due to price gouging “inflation” making building less feasible)

        Office space is pretty different for a lot of reasons, and the need for it in general has shrank a lot after the pandemic.