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Important, hard-to-find data about types of vacancy in #LA housing, including:
46k+ units in a state of non-market vacancy (vacant by choice!) at any time — more than one per unhoused Angeleno
Financiers own over 22 sq mi of vacant lots in LA — that’s 440 “The Grove”s
1/ https://twitter.com/calorganize/status/1306669295284424706
46k+ units in a state of non-market vacancy (vacant by choice!) at any time — more than one per unhoused Angeleno Financiers own over 22 sq mi of vacant lots in LA — that’s 440 “The Grove”s1/ https://twitter.com/calorganize/status/1306669295284424706
Let’s establish a vacancy tax — alongside a rental registry that inventories rental costs & vacancies — as a city OR statewide to incentivize/push the use of vacant units.
We’ve got 150k+ unhoused Californians & 1.4mil affordable units to prioritize over capitalist profit.
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We’ve got 150k+ unhoused Californians & 1.4mil affordable units to prioritize over capitalist profit.
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Props to @SAJE_ShiftPower, @CalOrganize, @UCLA_Law’s Economic Development Law Clinic (inc. @jacobwooch), & the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project ( @_holleration) for making everything so gut-wrenchingly clear, and to @cantypelettwrs for additional math and clarity in this thread:
3/ https://twitter.com/cantypelettwrs/status/1307405743570575361
3/ https://twitter.com/cantypelettwrs/status/1307405743570575361
I’ve read this report 2x now, & any elected unwilling to propose a public vote for a vacancy tax or implementation of a rental/vacancy registry cares more about...
profit
capitalism
wealthy donors
...than problem-solving CA’s massive tenancy crisis.
http://tinyurl.com/yxftmhba
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profit
capitalism
wealthy donors
...than problem-solving CA’s massive tenancy crisis.
http://tinyurl.com/yxftmhba
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I‘m be the only renter in our 80-person assembly, bringing lived experience sorely lacking in Sac, but frankly I‘m also just:
• a dork about data/policy
• a believer in housing as a human right/people over profits
• an organizer who knows that community knows what it needs
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• a dork about data/policy
• a believer in housing as a human right/people over profits
• an organizer who knows that community knows what it needs
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Let’s replace electeds who won’t do the work, can’t do the work, or just don’t do the work — even when the problems and answers are so frustratingly clear.
#SendARenter
#NoVacancy
http://godfreyforassembly.com
Donate. Volunteer. Vote.
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#SendARenter
#NoVacancy
http://godfreyforassembly.com
Donate. Volunteer. Vote.
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