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There goes the spare bedroom

Drapsey 11/28/24, 12:59:04 PM
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debut: 12/26/07
34,183 runs


One Solution to America’s Housing Crisis Might Be Found in Millions of Vacant Spare Bedrooms

According to a Census analysis from last year by Apartment List, there are an astonishing 137 million spare bedrooms in the United States.

The obstacles abound. As if locked-in mortgage rates and property tax abatements weren’t enough to keep aging households in place, the prevalence of single-family zoning ensures that neighborhoods have no building stock besides large stand-alone houses. Give the owners of those homes a place to downsize, and you might put some of those 137 million spare bedrooms into everyday use. A full house, and not just on Thanksgiving.

For a moment there I thought the author of the article was advocating a mandate for the usage of those spare bedrooms to house the forever growing homeless population.
Curtis 11/28/24, 1:15:32 PM
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debut: 12/4/02
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In reply to Drapsey

That would require a love for Mankind way of thinking.

Unfortunately, very rare in many parts.
Drapsey 11/28/24, 1:22:08 PM
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debut: 12/26/07
34,183 runs

In reply to Curtis

BeatDBalls soon come and say that if the Democraps had continued in power, then they would have implemented some kind of a plan to house the homeless in suburbia's near empty 'homes'.