𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAre 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkAre 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?www.usatoday.com𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 months agoMy work abandoned their offices during covid. The building is being converted into luxury apartments. Capitalism is fundamentally based on the deprivation, not the satisfaction, of human needs like food, housing, healthcare, etc.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoProbably because you can’t convert offices into affordable housing. The cost is staggering.
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago“cost” or “price”? If a high price isn’t clearing a market . . . something uncompetetive is probably happening.
My work abandoned their offices during covid. The building is being converted into luxury apartments. Capitalism is fundamentally based on the deprivation, not the satisfaction, of human needs like food, housing, healthcare, etc.
Probably because you can’t convert offices into affordable housing. The cost is staggering.
“cost” or “price”? If a high price isn’t clearing a market . . . something uncompetetive is probably happening.