𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoAre 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkAre 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?www.usatoday.com𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-221 hours agoMy work abandoned their offices during covid. The building is being converted into luxury apartments. Capitalism is fundamentally based on the deprivation, not the satisfaction, of human needs like food, housing, healthcare, etc.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agoProbably because you can’t convert offices into affordable housing. The cost is staggering.
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours ago“cost” or “price”? If a high price isn’t clearing a market . . . something uncompetetive is probably happening.
My work abandoned their offices during covid. The building is being converted into luxury apartments. Capitalism is fundamentally based on the deprivation, not the satisfaction, of human needs like food, housing, healthcare, etc.
Probably because you can’t convert offices into affordable housing. The cost is staggering.
“cost” or “price”? If a high price isn’t clearing a market . . . something uncompetetive is probably happening.