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Brian Benchek's avatar

Outside the box thinking is required to address the housing affordability crisis especially for Gen Z and millennial. Both of these cohorts are responsible for family formation which is vital for societal stability. Dems need to hang out the "Big memetic ideas wanted" sign and find new ways to approach this issue. Here's mine:

https://open.substack.com/pub/priceofbeans/p/redistributing-opportunity-why-democrats?r=9x3dh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

mathew's avatar

Yeah, saving up for a down payment is hard. But on the flip side 3.5% is already REALLY low.

My wife and I moved in with my parents for 2+ years (after already being married and living in an apartment for several years). You do what you have to to get ahead.

Or you can share a place with someone else.

I had a friend with a house with multiple adults all sharing rooms with bunkbeds.

I had another were 4 families shared the same house paid off that one, then bought another and another and another until all 4 families had a home THEN they finally all moved into their own home.

Again, you do what you need to, to get ahead.

Virginia Postrel's avatar

All very good but if we want to expand access to home ownership we also need to make condominium construction feasible again. Right now if you can’t buy the whole building you’re stuck renting.

Brian Benchek's avatar

Outside the box tinking is required to address the housing affordability crisis especially for Gen Z and millennial. Both of these cohorts are responsible for family formation which is vital for societal stability. Dems need to hang out the "Big memetic ideas wanted" sign and find new ways to approach this issue. Here's mine:

https://open.substack.com/pub/priceofbeans/p/redistributing-opportunity-why-democrats?r=9x3dh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web