Current Events > I have an idea. Convert abandoned malls into living spaces and rent them out

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they would just make them expensive luxury apartments

Until the overheated, oversized economy is retracted housing will continue to be unaffordable. In the face of a housing crisis, the only thing to do is to create more of it.

It's illegal in various places. For example, some cities don't let you have rooms with no windows. You're obviously going to have that in a mall that's renovated.

Best way is to make it cheap and easy to do the renovations, which requires removing building requirements such as that.

I'd imagine not having full bathrooms would be a pretty big issue.

TC is making a proposal for something that could work, so of course the CE know it alls have to parrot a bunch of corporate nonsense on cost efficiency even though they are always the first to call other people shills.

Not in my back yard!!!

Yeah windows really need to be a requirement. Not just for the sunlight which is important too. But building design code requires fresh air which in some residential builds is only accomplished through exceptions involving windows. And even that aside, using them as a potential fire escape route should be enough to mandate them.

Many have made the argument that we are so much better at preventing fires these days (sprinkler system), that it's worth revisiting some older regulations that might have been made with fire prevention in mind.

Maybe, but it only ever takes one incident or one idiot in an apartment complex. Somebody did "something" in my last building that filled the whole building with smoke. No fire fortunately but a close enough call that I moved out within 3 months. They never even evicted the guy responsible. It's just not a good idea to reduce the number of ways to save your life if something like that happens.

TC is making a proposal for something that could work, so of course the CE know it alls have to parrot a bunch of corporate nonsense on cost efficiency even though they are always the first to call other people shills.

This argument has been made with the old AT&T tower building here in Saint Louis. It would pretty much require gutting the building though and redoing the plumbing, electrical, the floor plans, etc... to the point where it would be cheaper to tear the building down and build a new one. It is a nice idea in concept but in reality it isn't easy to achieve.

Let the homeless have abandoned houses and make them renovate it themselves to maintain residency.

I think people should be entitled to basic necessities, as part of their right to the pursuit of a greater happiness.

Imagine being at risk of dying from dehydration because a hypothetical place charges for water

Hold the spit btw

It's already being done. Problem is that they are considered luxury suites so it doesn't help with pricing

All new housing is good and helps push down costs of all housing. If you don't give rich people luxury apartments, they're just going to outbid everyone else for the next available set of apartments. Let rich people spend outrageous amounts of money on expensive homes. It opens up other housing for others at a now lower price point.

That hypothetical place is America.

I get a water bill based on my usage every month.

We're not actually pretending America is the only place with water bills are we?

Water fountains

Have a sweet day!

So you're expecting people to leave their places of residence to find a random source of water like we're in some 3rd world country?

This has to be a troll job.

Do you not leave your house to get water as is? Tap water is shown to be unhealthy long term.