This video is an examination of the social housing of the city of vienna which eliminated homelessnes and made the city one of the most livable and cheapest ...
  • JuneFall [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Vienna managed that by making it expensive for landlords to build and rent out stuff. So the state could sweep in and do build itself very cheap.

    You know who did it? Socialist governments (or at least social democratic ones).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Vienna

    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotes_Wien

    • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Meanwhile every dumbfuck lib and con is out there saying we should make conditions even more friendly for landlords by defacto-trickpe down economics and wondering why its not working or insisting that it is

      • usbgen4 [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Unlike the socialist govts that built housing, the US govt isn't going to build public housing whether private developers can build or not. California hasn't turned LA into Vienna by denying building permits

        Would be cool if that changed. LA city council has been improving but I'm not that hopeful

  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    🎵 This means nothing to meeee 🎵 because i'm too poor to move
    🎵Oh, Viennaaaaaaaa 🎵 why wasn't i born there

  • BogMonster [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    is this video maker a hexbear user? it's how i imagine every one of you on the other side of my computer screen lmao.

  • baguettePants [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    In Switzerland they have a similar concept of self-managed community housing, but the conservatives and libs keep shutting down any attempts to expand it. Regardless, some of these communities have serious money to throw around and build large projects. Needless to say, it's extremely hard to get on a waiting list and once you are there, you have to wait a long time to get an apartment.

    Several years ago, they had a referendum (a common occurrence here) to impose a mandatory 10% (IIRC) quota of community owned housing in every Swiss city. The opposition called it a "dictatorship!" and they threatened it would destroy the pension funds, which are investing heavily in properties. Pretty insidious scheme. Anyway, ultimately the motion failed, because libs, including my colleague WHO IS LIVING IN A COMMUNAL APARTMENT, voted against it...