• MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I am sure there is an official answer, but I am going to wing it.

    Inflation is from too much money chasing too few goods.

    UBI will free you from having to live in a specific place. Or if not you, some of your neighbors.

    Guaranteed housing tends to be shitty. Think of the worst people running the program and them hitting the lowest standards most times.

    With money, you can decide the housing trade-offs. Save money on rent and spend more elsewhere, or the reverse. With money, you have flexibility.

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Guaranteed housing tends to be shitty.

      Except there’s no reason it needs to be.

      It can be good, and there are parts of the developed world where public housing is not only abundant, but decent. And it has a cooling effect on the housing market, making all housing more affordable for everyone.

      If we provide, decent, low cost housing to enough, everyone that needs housing prices to come down benefit.