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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilities (www.goodgoodgood.co)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's not scalable, but good on him

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why not?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

I mean.. we can't rely on rich people funding our housing

But also the way it's built. They're all small, single story homes. It's great for starting an independent community like he did, but most people want to live in cities, and this would never work in a city

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Rich assholes hoarding wealth instead of emulating this guy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That's not quite the same thing as it not being scalable