Article from Reason by Christian Britschgi.
Politicians who declare housing a human right rarely include in that a right to actually build housing.
Take New York Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou (D–Lower Manhattan) who just co-wrote an op-ed arguing that every New Yorker should be guaranteed a home—while also suing to stop the construction of an affordable housing complex in her district.
In a Wednesday piece for the New York Daily News, Niou and activist Feliz Guzman argue that the Saturday murder of four homeless people in New York City could have been prevented by more government spending on housing and social services.
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Awkwardly, Niou is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit against an affordable housing project being built by a coalition of developers, including Habitat for Humanity, in Little Italy. The project, named Haven Green, would add 123 units of affordable senior housing to Niou’s district, including 37 units for the formerly homeless.
Read the entire article at Reason.
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DumboRats are spoiled evil aholes..never vote for one.
Just putting someone in a home might make some feel better but what about the expense of upkeep? What will be the homeless chores or work to keep costs down? Throwing money at a problem is always someone’s answer but rarely the solution.
Any one remember Cabrini Green & that female that was mayor of Chicago for a minute between Daleys?