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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilities (www.goodgoodgood.co)
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[–] Showroom7561 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I get that he's financing it, but that's not sustainable if you want to implement something similar around the country.

I love the idea, and the tiny house village looks amazing! But if it relies on a millionaire to voluntarily subsidize the project, I can't see it lasting too long.

Now, that brings us to a wonderful new option: tax the rich more than we do.

The top 5 billionaires could fund 1000s of these tiny home villages with just a fraction of a percent increase on their hoarded wealth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Sure it is. You have to have government fund it, like a normal social democracy would do.

[–] Pyr_Pressure 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Public services don't need to be profitable to be sustainable. You just need to tax base to be okay with it.

[–] Showroom7561 3 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, I don't want them to be profitable, but sustainable.

Even if taxpayers are paying for it, you can't rely on the (struggling) general population to lift people out of homelessness. Let the rich carry that burden. They are the ones who've hoarded money that should have gone to everyone else.