Pool_Shark t1_itme4iy wrote
Reply to comment by huebomont in Queens Borough President Changes Position, Pens Op-Ed Supporting Large Astoria Development ‘Innovation QNS’ by CactusBoyScout
Surely their has to be a way to build housing without using shady real estate
huebomont t1_itmnm2o wrote
no one has yet presented that option. the city can't/won't do it. the only people building housing in this city are real estate developers. change that fact first, THEN there can be credible advocacy against them.
CactusBoyScout OP t1_itmqgfl wrote
It’s literally illegal under federal law to build any new public housing.
Pool_Shark t1_itmqtcb wrote
Why?
CactusBoyScout OP t1_itmr806 wrote
Because it was so deeply unpopular last time it was tried that a bipartisan effort produced the Faircloth Amendment banning any increase in public housing.
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