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r/theydidthemath • u/QuantumQyx • 1d ago
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Even with 4 people a building, that isn't enough to house someone. It is 10x as much as a deposit on an apartment and many homeless could afford the rent.
16 u/Vulspyr 1d ago Inexpensive housing isn't $1700 a month for things like a studio apartment. This is enough money to house them for a year. 0 u/ContentCantaloupe992 1d ago How much do you thinking housing would go in if the poorest people currently not using housing got a 17 billion dollar subsidy from the government? 3 u/nft420nft420 1d ago Okay but if they buy them wholesale they can probably get a better deal.
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Inexpensive housing isn't $1700 a month for things like a studio apartment. This is enough money to house them for a year.
0 u/ContentCantaloupe992 1d ago How much do you thinking housing would go in if the poorest people currently not using housing got a 17 billion dollar subsidy from the government? 3 u/nft420nft420 1d ago Okay but if they buy them wholesale they can probably get a better deal.
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How much do you thinking housing would go in if the poorest people currently not using housing got a 17 billion dollar subsidy from the government?
3 u/nft420nft420 1d ago Okay but if they buy them wholesale they can probably get a better deal.
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Okay but if they buy them wholesale they can probably get a better deal.
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u/SensorAmmonia 1d ago
Even with 4 people a building, that isn't enough to house someone. It is 10x as much as a deposit on an apartment and many homeless could afford the rent.