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==By region== | |||
Unlike [[food]] or [[energy]], there maybe isn't a whole lot to say about [[housing]] on a ''global'' level. So here's an ongoing list of ''subpages'', each for a different region and its housing situation: | |||
===By country=== | |||
* [[/Canada]] | |||
''The list is currently very short. If you'd like to help expand it, please join the {{talk}}.'' | |||
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===By city=== | |||
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==Supply== | ==Supply== | ||
High housing prices can cause [[homelessness]], [[overcrowding]] and [[wageslavery]]. Commonly-proposed solutions include [[higher wages]], [[lower rents]], or [[universal basic income]]. But these only work if there isn't an underlying '''shortage''' of places to live. | High housing prices can cause [[homelessness]], [[overcrowding]] and [[wageslavery]]. Commonly-proposed solutions include [[higher wages]], [[lower rents]], or [[universal basic income]]. But these only work if there '''isn't''' an underlying '''shortage''' of places to live. | ||
===Are there enough places to live?=== | ===Are there enough places to live?=== | ||
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Ranked from cheapest to most expensive {{x|in terms of resources per home}}: | Ranked from cheapest to most expensive {{x|in terms of resources per home}}: | ||
* Converting office space into residential space | * Converting some office space into residential space {{x|There is a lot of vacant office space, ever since the pandemic.}} | ||
* Subdividing large | * Subdividing some large apartment units into smaller studio apartment units {{x|only for areas with a lot of single adults}} | ||
* Subdividing single-detached houses into duplexes | * Subdividing some single-detached houses into duplexes | ||
* Building new multi-unit buildings | * Building new multi-unit buildings | ||
* Building new single-detached houses | * Building new single-detached houses | ||