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We’re also seeing a rapid increase in commercial vacancies with WFH. But there are big challenges and costs to turning commercial properties into residential.

I’ve heard a lot about the problems. Surely there’s some good ideas for a solution out there?

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[–] V699@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This got me thinking, I wonder if the reason they don't fix homelessness is to create artificial scarcity for home values

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Capitalism requires that there are people in poverty, that's part of it's function.