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Well, this is certainly an interesting problem to have- thanks to the Feds it appears.
For one idea, I would like to see affordable housing built in areas which have sections that are slums that could/should be razed. Not towers, smaller units that blend into the neighborhood and that people like to live in. Towers tend to turn into more slums.
Please read this and contribute your positive suggestions if you have any.....
Well, this is certainly an interesting problem to have- thanks to the Feds it appears.
For one idea, I would like to see affordable housing built in areas which have sections that are slums that could/should be razed. Not towers, smaller units that blend into the neighborhood and that people like to live in. Towers tend to turn into more slums.
Please read this and contribute your positive suggestions if you have any.....
I'd like to see affordable housing built everywhere. Decent housing is a basic foundation to everything else including safety, health & employment. Affordable homeownership for the employed families would be my emphasis. Homeownership has been shown to lead to a community pride that betters us all.
Don't spend it. And certainly not on "affordable housing". Grow a middle class economy with jobs and you'll be amazed how much more quickly housing becomes affordable rather than having Uncle Sugar wave his magic wand. What's holding you back? In large part, it's the tax burden though I'd be surprised if even one of you fully grasped its pernicious effects. Fortunately your Democratic leadership seems to understand that this is where to direct these dollars from the sky. You people are something else. Always crying about your elected officials when you don't even deserve the ones you have.
Last edited by PureBoston; 05-17-2022 at 08:05 AM..
When was the last time RI (particularly metro PVD) had something of a vibrant job market? I don't recall a time in recent memory.
Growing up in Greater Boston's endless sea of middle class prosperity, I was always struck by the contrast of Rhode Island's extreme socioeconomic stratification. They've got two problems, and the second flows from the first. Too many Democrats and too much taxation. It's toxic. And it's kryptonite to job creation.
Growing up in Greater Boston's endless sea of middle class prosperity, I was always struck by the contrast of Rhode Island's extreme socioeconomic stratification. They've got two problems, and the second flows from the first. Too many Democrats and too much taxation. It's toxic. And it's kryptonite to job creation.
I hear you. It's not so much the lack of jobs per se, but the types of jobs and wages for those jobs that seem to be the major issue. One reason why so many from MA move to RI but continue to commute to MA for work. MA has a housing cost problem and RI has a wage problem.
I hear you. It's not so much the lack of jobs per se, but the types of jobs and wages for those jobs that seem to be the major issue. One reason why so many from MA move to RI but continue to commute to MA for work. MA has a housing cost problem and RI has a wage problem.
Rhode Island has both problems: High housing costs & the lack of jobs which pay a wage to afford the housing costs. Wages don't support the cost of housings. As virtually everywhere, there are plenty of low paying jobs in RI. Workers struggle with the lack of affordable housing. And, they have nowhere to commute from where it's cheaper. Stuck.
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