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GreenPL8 t1_j7rnn09 wrote

Reply to comment by Hellrazor32 in How Can We The Increase Affordable Housing Supply? Ideas? by twentiesforever

Do you think you are more deserving because you were born here? The problem with Vermont is it doesn't exist in a vacuum.

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Hellrazor32 t1_j7rt9m0 wrote

I mean, yeah actually I do think that people who buy homes where they’re born deserve homes in that state at an incentivized rate, or be given first refusal on property. If it’s cheaper to go to college in-state, why shouldn’t it be cheaper to buy a home in-state? It’s really incredibly sad to me that so many of us are priced out of the counties we grew up in.

Vermont has the 2nd highest homeless population per capita after California, where they’ve declared it a state of emergency. Something’s gotta give. Homes gotta get built!

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7sf75o wrote

That's the difference. In California it's big news all the time. Obviously they have a ton of unhoused people and that forces the issue but California is taking real steps, like penalizing towns that don't build affordable housing, that VT will never take. Just like back in the day when stowe went nuts over the education spending law, wealthy VT will never build for real people.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7rxg2y wrote

What's happening here is gentrification just like in a big city. Locals out, New Jersey money in. Sorry we're sick of it.

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