A new proposal to address the housing crisis would convert empty office space in many American cities to deeply affordable apartments for rent.
  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    22 days ago

    My work abandoned their offices during covid. The building is being converted into luxury apartments. Capitalism is fundamentally based on the deprivation, not the satisfaction, of human needs like food, housing, healthcare, etc.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      Probably because you can’t convert offices into affordable housing. The cost is staggering.

      • oo1@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        21 days ago

        “cost” or “price”? If a high price isn’t clearing a market . . . something uncompetetive is probably happening.