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Protest against housing crisis in Spain

29 points · 55 comments · akbarnama

  1. pj_mukh · · focus · HN ↗
    This now just looks like YIMBY’s screwing over old ladies out of their homes.

    I empathize with a universal right to housing, but is that a universal right to a house in East village NY, Marina SF or El Retiro Madrid?

    For everybody?

    Or only for those who got in, in the 90’s?

    How does that seem fair?

    These details have to be worked out before you can get the public to commit to one of these and just rioting in response will only get you so far.

    1. cft · · focus · HN ↗
      Retiro is a park, no buildings there. Are you proposing CA style encampments?
      1. ricardobayes · · focus · HN ↗
        They mentioned it specifically because the evicted lady lived there on a very low, outdated rental contract, think $500 in Central Park.
        1. jareklupinski · · focus · HN ↗
          honestly if youve lived in nyc through the 90's and stayed, the city should be paying you haha
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