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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilities (www.goodgoodgood.co)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Imagine if the public sector did this and didn't limit it to a single development.

We could even build bigger-than-tiny sized units. Maybe include additional amenities like schools and health clinics and food malls in the immediate vicinity. Throw in a rail stop so people can get to the metro center easily. You know... actual urban development.

No idea where we could get money for that, though. Maybe if Canada didn't exempt 50% of capital gains income from taxation for some reason... But no, that would never work.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My city built a bunch of these, but they are 10 ft x 10 ft pods. Hundreds of them. We still have 5-6,000 homeless living on the street. Our county has been handing out free tents for 8 years and guess what, didn't help.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Our county has been handing out free tents for 8 years and guess what, didn’t help.

I mean, tents help keep the rain and the wind off you. It helps in so far as any amount of camping gear is going to help. But its not solving homelessness unless you classify rough outdoor living as a solution.

Also...

The image of police officers slashing the tents of nearly two dozen homeless people flooded the internet in January, creating a public relations nightmare for the city.

you're paddling against the current if you're handing out tents in a city where the police pounce on homeless encampments and tear them up.

[–] upandatom@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Feels like now is the best time for other nations to have low capital gains taxes. No?