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Millionaire builds 99 tiny homes to help his community (www.cbc.ca)
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After selling his software business for millions, Marcel Lebrun decided to pour his time and money into an affordable housing project in Fredericton. CBC’s Harry Forestell takes a closer look at the 12 Neighbours community and its impact on the people who live there.

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[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

Housing is largely inadequate due to a reliance on the free market and voluntary philanthropy to supply it.

This wealthy individual used wealth derived from the free market for some voluntary philanthropy.

System working as intended: a problem reinforced through its own aenemic mitigation.

this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2023
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