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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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[-] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 34 points 2 weeks ago

they could move somewhere else where they wont be overpaying and let someone with less income move in. why inescapable?

[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

You tend to need a deposit to move into a new place. Which requires savings. It's hard to save when the biggest expense you have keeps going up in direct proportion with the money you make...

Why is this so hard to grasp?

Yes, apparently there's a cap, but if there hasn't been, it sounds like one of those surface level nice things that is actually exploitative

this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2025
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