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ryantrw5 t1_j9ua0hv wrote

Ugh they suspended me from school for two weeks and from sports for a semester because teachers caught me smoking weed in the woods during one of the tennis meets in high school.

Honestly, wouldn’t they want me to stay busy to “keep away” from drugs, instead they just gave me more time to fuck around

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AftyOfTheUK t1_j9u8ctw wrote

>The non-low income units will all be “luxury” priced to make up for the low rents/sales for the low-income units.

Thats the entire point. The wealthier people will be subsidising the lower income units. That's literally the intention of the law, not a problem to be complained about.

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atreyal t1_j9u7t4f wrote

Maybe, nothing really ever happens quickly and this sounds like a step to actually getting stuff rolling. If nothing happens they may look to subsidies for builders or not. Could all be a pipe dream.

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atreyal t1_j9u7lkp wrote

Yeah the prices are so high because there is not enough supply. People bitch about the price of housing there. The people who all own don't want more houses though because it will tank the price of their own. Vicious cycle. Still change moves in small steps and hopefully this is the beginning. Dead right on there needing to be a lot of new houses built to have any real affect on price.

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EasternMotors t1_j9u4v83 wrote

They are subsidized. The difference between market rate and the rate paid is the subsidy. It doesn't matter that the government agreed to forgo some benefit ($$) instead of spending money to directly subsidize.

Fantastic if you are one of the upper middle class people getting the housing subsidy. If you aren't one of those people, you paid for the subsidy.

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