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baxterstate t1_j6yjqhx wrote

Reply to comment by freeski919 in So, naive question but, how do we go about politically motivating housing costs? by [deleted]

I have said this very same thing.

There's not only not enough housing, there's not enough multifamily housing.

Multi family housing is the easiest way that a first time buyer can qualify for a house.

Build more multifamily housing and you also get more apartments which will lead to a stabilization of rents, and a decrease in the rental value of apartments that are not well maintained.

With regards to to NIMBYism, reporters need to start showing up at town meetings and city council meetings and publicly shame NIMBYists.

The Governor could start the ball rolling with a carrot; more state funds to cities and towns that provide zoning ONLY for 2-3 family homes on 5000-10000 sf lots.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j6yp9q8 wrote

> With regards to to NIMBYism, reporters need to start showing up at town meetings and city council meetings and publicly shame NIMBYists.

That's not a reporters job. If you want people to distrust journalists, and reporters, more than they already do encourage this. If you want us to ever get back to a sense of normalcy than they shouldn't.

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baxterstate t1_j6z6sup wrote

Reporting on the root cause of the housing/apartment shortage is very much a reporter’s job.

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Tony-Flags t1_j728924 wrote

Publicly shaming people that are expressing their opinion peacefully at a municipal meeting is not the way to win them over to your cause. I certainly may not agree with their NIMBYism, but I will defend their right to express their opinions. If I want to disagree, that's what my three minutes at the microphone are for.

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baxterstate t1_j72ljq4 wrote

If I want to disagree, that's what my three minutes at the microphone are for. —————————————————— Look, if your expressed opinion was to zone in such a way as to racially exclude someone, then the media would happily report it. What I mean by shaming is simply reporting it.

Let people see for themselves who is causing the housing crisis. Reporting on it isn’t preventing you from expressing your opinion.

If you believe that expressing your opinion and having it appear on the 6pm news is bad, then there’s a flaw with your opinion.

We publicly shame people all the time for their opinions by simply showing it in broad daylight.

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freeski919 t1_j6ykvwl wrote

The good news is that the Legislature is very focused on housing this year. It was one of the highest priority issues in the campaign, and the legislature took all of two days to pass their first housing legislation this session. Hopefully that continues.

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