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The organic grocery stores and community gardens bit is dumb lib bait that really doesn't do anything to address climate change. Spending a fuck ton on decarbonizing housing is really good but the rest of this plan I thinking small and is preoccupied with aesthetic preferences. https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1194963978725838848
Not a lot of talk about transit oriented communities here? It's more focused on getting solar panels on housing units than like, creating a bunch of housing units where people don't have to drive. More public housing is good but really light on details about where it all goes?
It's not really doing a lot to address transportation emissions? That actually sucks! But the centrist dem expressed Feinstein in the article is somehow worse? This plan is small and unserious and centrist democrats think it goes to far. Jesus Christ.
It's weird how much "eco socialism" is just the repackaged consumer preferences of bougie liberals in places like Berkeley and Boulder.
Would the Sanders admin actually spend the political capital to get these public housing units built in wealthy, job rich communities like west LA and SF? Or would these units be built out away from jobs just entrenching long car commutes? Who knows. They don't specify!
I hope this plan gets fleshed out more. 1 million more public housing units is awesome! The idea of actually creating a robust, sustainable public housing system in America is a good idea. Hopefully these units will end up being mixed income to make them more politically viable
One has to confront the fact that America's previous attempts at public housing were failures because they created segregated low income communities away from jobs because it was the most politically palatable option. These units then became easy for policymakers to neglect.
Implementation is going to be important here. Building the units isn't enough. Obviously, over the course of the legislative process the details will be more fine tuned, but that is perilous. Does the median member of Congress want low income public housing in their district?
Another element here is the fact we are in a housing shortage. 1 million units alone isn't enough to 1. Address the housing crisis or 2. Develop transit oriented communities. It's not even enough to bridge the gap in California alone.
Both Sanders and AOC have put forward plans to end exclusionary zoning. It's unfortunate that this doesn't seem to fit into a GND for housing. Car commutes and SFH aren't green, hopefully the final plan includes ending exclusionary land use policy. /thread
