I’m going to say something super controversial: vouchers have a role to play as harm reduction/a bridge to a future reality in which we’ve decommodified housing & built tons of social housing. If they’re seen as an end goal, that’s not so good. Right now they save lives.
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Definitely a challenge! Ideas: - Tie voucher funding & social housing production in the same bill (at whatever level) to try to guard against vouchers moving separately. - Be very clear about framing vouchers as harm reduction & a temporary solution. - Incentivize state/local...
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...production of social housing in voucher funding formulas, i.e., a PHA (which could be statewide to reduce the impact of exclusionary areas self-selecting out) gets more vouchers if it commits more $ to social housing production. - Strike a balance (which is difficult)...
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1. Vancouver-like tax on non-resident buyers of real estate. 2. Tax on vacant (and pied-a-terre) real estate (R, C, & I). 3. Reinstate the commuter tax on people who work in the five boroughs but don't live in it. (Above and beyond the minuscule transportation tax.)
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