Why? The vast majority of people will never be able to afford a luxury apartment.
Now affordable apartments, which have dispensed with the limestone or quartz countertops and the imported Italian tile floors and all the other fancy bits and baubles that jack up the price by 50% or more, THAT is what we need a lot more of. Not drab or dreary accommodations, but thoughtfully designed places that maximize livability while minimizing cost.
Let me see a low-cost but functionally robust and well-built apartment that won’t need major repairs or upgrades for 30-50 years, and I would gladly see a small part of my taxes carved out to lower the monthly costs that renters are faced with.
The Vienna model is particularly apropos to this situation.
Because what we need is housing that is trivially affordable to ALL of the working class, and not just the parasite class.
And the true measure of any society is how they support and take care of their most vulnerable members.
Why? The vast majority of people will never be able to afford a luxury apartment.
Now affordable apartments, which have dispensed with the limestone or quartz countertops and the imported Italian tile floors and all the other fancy bits and baubles that jack up the price by 50% or more, THAT is what we need a lot more of. Not drab or dreary accommodations, but thoughtfully designed places that maximize livability while minimizing cost.
Let me see a low-cost but functionally robust and well-built apartment that won’t need major repairs or upgrades for 30-50 years, and I would gladly see a small part of my taxes carved out to lower the monthly costs that renters are faced with.
The Vienna model is particularly apropos to this situation.
Because what we need is housing that is trivially affordable to ALL of the working class, and not just the parasite class.
And the true measure of any society is how they support and take care of their most vulnerable members.