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re: Who is the ‘home affordability crisis’ actually a crisis for?
Posted on 7/12/26 at 5:45 pm to weagle1999
Posted on 7/12/26 at 5:45 pm to weagle1999
Some of you people have severe mental issues.
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Posted on 7/12/26 at 5:47 pm to weagle1999
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Who is the ‘home affordability crisis’ actually a crisis for?
Young white families just starting out who shouldn't have to settle for something where they have to dodge gunfire walking to the mailbox.
We don't have a housing shortage. We have a liveable area shortage. The president of El Salvador would fix our "housing crisis" in a week.
This post was edited on 7/12/26 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 7/12/26 at 5:50 pm to weagle1999
Starter homes 20-40 years ago used to include 1,500 SF homes with vinyl siding and linoleum flooring.
Building codes began requiring higher quality materials and bigger floor plans - 2,500+ SF.
The cost side needs to be addressed as much as anything.
Building codes began requiring higher quality materials and bigger floor plans - 2,500+ SF.
The cost side needs to be addressed as much as anything.
Posted on 7/12/26 at 7:17 pm to Deplorableinohio
I think I worded that wrong. Should be prohibit restrictions on what builders people that buy a lot can use. Also should prohibit forcing a buyer to build within a certain time period.
I was interested in buying the lot in a new subdivision directly behind me. Mostly to keep it vacant. When they herd that I wasn't ready to build they never called me back.
I was interested in buying the lot in a new subdivision directly behind me. Mostly to keep it vacant. When they herd that I wasn't ready to build they never called me back.
Posted on 7/12/26 at 7:26 pm to SulphursFinest
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SulphursFinest
Obviously you’re not a golfer:
Posted on 7/12/26 at 7:37 pm to TerryDawg03
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Starter homes 20-40 years ago used to include 1,500 SF homes with vinyl siding and linoleum flooring.
And you never even thought of buying a home until after you were married with two incomes.
Posted on 7/12/26 at 7:47 pm to TerryDawg03
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requiring higher quality materials
The materials are not higher quality now. Higher priced maybe. The lumber is shite now.
Posted on 7/12/26 at 7:56 pm to SquatchDawg
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And you never even thought of buying a home until after you were married with two incomes.
Do you notice how no one ever talks about how doubling
the amount of labor through the addition of women to the workforce depressed wages and required (2) incomes where (1) used to suffice?
Posted on 7/12/26 at 8:01 pm to VADawg
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Young white families just starting out who shouldn't have to settle...
And that is the entire problem in a nutshell.
The entitlement mentality of the under 40 crowd today.
Any statement that contains the phrase, "Shouldn't have to settle," is a sure sign of it.
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We don't have a housing shortage. We have a liveable area shortage.
Newsflash: Young Boomers were buying houses when crime was much higher than it is today. That's a fact.
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The president of El Salvador would fix our "housing crisis" in a week.
Sure. We just wouldn't have a Constitution anymore. Or a Republic.
This post was edited on 7/12/26 at 11:57 pm
Posted on 7/12/26 at 8:07 pm to weagle1999
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How does any of this crisis square with a declining birth rate nationwide that has been occurring for years now?
Millions of illegals and H1B pajeets have been pouring in for years now.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 3:57 am to TerryDawg03
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Starter homes 20-40 years ago used to include 1,500 SF homes with vinyl siding and linoleum flooring.
Starter homes 60 years ago used wood siding and linoleum floors. No garage and shells for the driveway. The lower to middle income couple in their 20s would add a 1 car garage, put a nicer floor in, add a room and enlarge another. When they saved enough money for a better place to raise the kids they could sell the home for a profit from these improvements.
There are lots of young people interested in starter homes but they're not being built anymore because builders don't make as big a profit.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 5:44 am to TerryDawg03
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Building codes began requiring higher quality materials and bigger floor plans - 2,500+ SF.
Builders "required" bigger floor plans...that's code for pay me more money.
Not to say that people haven't been dumb enough to buy them.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 6:35 am to Zach
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There are lots of young people interested in starter homes but they're not being built anymore because builders don't make as big a profit.
Building codes also don’t allow for some of the smaller sizes and features that were allowed years ago. It’s not just profit seeking by the builders.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 6:50 am to weagle1999
The police officers and municipalities who have to deal with these places when they become crappy rental properties.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:02 am to wackatimesthree
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The entitlement mentality of the under 40 crowd today.
Any statement that contains the phrase, "Shouldn't have to settle," is a sure sign of it.
Oh, horseshite. It isn't an entitlement mentality to believe that 24 year old Johnny and 23 year old Susie (both a year out of college and working entry-levelish jobs) with infant Johnny Jr shouldn't have to be surrounded by Section 8 Shaniqua and her 7 little hoodrats. It's fricked up to think they should have to live like this if they want to buy a house.
No one is suggesting they should be able to get a 5 bedroom, 3000 sqft house right out of school. I'm suggesting the starter homes of the past are no longer available to people like this unless they need to be totally gutted or are in the middle of the hood.
Imagine what the housing situation in this country would look like if we went in and cleaned out the ghettos in our major metropolitan areas. This problem is fixable, but most Americans don't have the stomach for it.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:13 am to weagle1999
I hereby nominate this thread for WTOTY….
Posted on 7/13/26 at 7:21 am to weagle1999
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Horton home
These houses are built by illegals and are a pile of shite to start with.
If you're young and purchasing one of these POS, you're getting what you deserve.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 8:19 am to TerryDawg03
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Building codes also don’t allow for some of the smaller sizes and features that were allowed years ago
Then the codes need to be repealed. The market should decide what people want and they want starter homes.
Posted on 7/13/26 at 9:03 am to Zach
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Then the codes need to be repealed. The market should decide what people want and they want starter homes.
I agree. County commissioners and city councils don’t always understand this or want to address it by revising ordinances.
This post was edited on 7/13/26 at 9:32 am
Posted on 7/13/26 at 10:46 am to weagle1999
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Who is the ‘home affordability crisis’ actually a crisis for?
Buyers who are unable to go into massive debt to buy a generic vinyl snout house with granite countertops and wobbly construction provided by immigrants?
This is one issue where my opinion makes me sound liberal... Home ownership is a prime aspect achieving the American Dream. Sadly, home ownership has become out of reach for most Americans. Even many Americans earning decent salaries. It's a problem IMO. I personally think there should be a ban or a cap on corporations like BlackRock etc. buying homes. There should be a ban or at the very least a limit on foreigners buying single family homes in the USA. And there needs to be an easier path to home loan approval for U.S. citizens with certain qualifications.
The globalists want us to move to "you'll own nothing and be happy."
frick that.
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