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Sandro Linux@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Joe Biden wants more people to start living in empty offices

www.businessinsider.com

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Joe Biden wants more people to start living in empty offices

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Sandro Linux@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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The White House has come up with a plan to encourage developers to turn unwanted office space into apartments.
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    if the offices are empty, why not use that money for a government program to guarantee down payments of first time home buyers?

    The Biden administration is doing that also, it just doesn’t make as good a headline.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/16/white-house-announces-new-actions-on-homeownership/

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        There’s nothing wrong with favoring the people with the least generational wealth first and foremost

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          I’m happy for those people who will benefit. But try being a kid of parents who have the mindset of “FU I got mine”. I’m not on favorable terms with my parents and won’t see a penny until they’ve passed, if they decide to give me anything at all.

          It’s an odd requirement that should’ve been workshopped a little more.

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          Then why are we giving twice that to developers who own office buildings?

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      Always happy to be pleasantly surprised.

      Even tho it’s half what developers are getting, it’s better than nothing.

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