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not to mention digital books are more accessible to kids who don’t need them: kids who have easy access to lots of connected digital devices.

this would work. It would make things like the 2009 banking crisis more of a crisis but maybe thats not a bad thing.

the other thing is downward pressure needs to be applied to the market: new units sold at below market value to people that don’t already own homes

cost to build should be in billions

I think about half the remaining distance is cheap to build - farmland, etc. 200 mil seems really low though, especially for the land and infrastructure needed near portland and everett.

this is just marketing copy

Housing authorities just need to lower housing prices. The model already exists there’s just a lot of money fighting it:

1. Build large 5-6 story buildings with dozens or hundreds of units in areas where prices are too high. These buildings should be mixed use on the first floor with no car parking.

2. Sell or rent them at well below market rates to people that currently do not own homes anywhere under the condition they only sell under those conditions as well

3. Watch the market prices fall.

There’s currently enough housing in most places there just needs to be a needle applying downward pressure.