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Kentonio

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6. Raising standards is great

Reply to AlexSFCA (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 20, 2019, 01:03 PM

Apr 2019

But it doesn’t help if it prices low income people out of the housing market and just pushes them into other ghettos. It’s not an unreasonable policy to make sure there is still affordable housing for everyone.

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Bernie Sanders offers 3 ideas to help battle gentrification while in Greenville [View all] David__77 Apr 2019 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2019 #1

I appreciate the focus on policy. David__77 Apr 2019 #2

I do as well David, Uncle Joe Apr 2019 #15

gentrification saves lives AlexSFCA Apr 2019 #3

I think "gentrification" can be done well, or not. David__77 Apr 2019 #5

Raising standards is great Kentonio Apr 2019 #6

Yeah, gentrification doesn't solve poverty. David__77 Apr 2019 #8

Seattle used to do that in the 90s artislife Apr 2019 #4

Where I live, rents have doubled in some neighborhoods in the last decade. David__77 Apr 2019 #7

On our local FB group of Buy, Sell trade artislife Apr 2019 #9

A lot of places have such inclusionary zoning laws. MineralMan Apr 2019 #10

Old ideas presented as new inventions BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #11

He didn't say they were new. He said they were good. Tom Rinaldo Apr 2019 #13

I can agree that old ideas can be worthy of support. David__77 Apr 2019 #14

this debate has been raging here in chicago for decades. my thoughts- mopinko Apr 2019 #12