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The top of middle income is still middle income.

You think the middle class should only be able to rent. Just start being honest about that when you push policy. The YIMBYs fail to make clear that doing what they recommend will limit housing options for the middle class and shift wealth creation opportunities from the middle class to the super wealthy. And, again, it’s not actually zero sum. Finally, none of your market solutions help actual poor people. [/quote]

DP. It's not true that NONE of the market solutions help "actual poor" people (however you define "actual poor"). It's also true that most people you would characterize as YIMBYs, or who characterize themselves as YIMBYs, will tell you that housing for "actual poor" people also requires non-market policies.

Also, if the goal of housing policy is housing, then why would it matter if people are renting vs owning their housing? Renting vs owning only matters if the goal of housing policy is wealth accumulation for people who own their housing.[/quote]

Well said. These left-NIMBYs just want more wealth for homeowners, that's it. And the paint it with a facade of "caring for the poor". It's shameful.[/quote]

It was the YIMBY who claimed their market urbanism would help poor people. Thanks for correcting them.

Trickle down economics, which is what you’re pushing, has an even worse record than housing regulation. Almost all of the houses people live in today were built under a regulatory environment similar to the one we have today. [b]We didn’t have a housing crisis until governments started listening to YIMBYs.[/b] You make things worse, not better.  [/quote]

:shock: [/quote]

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