Sure, but THIS is a Housing discussion board... and we are Housing volunteers - lots of other groups dealing with UBI, etc in other forums... we don't wander much beyond "
Rent-Subsidy programs" on the INCOME side of the discourse...
No, this is not a Housing Discussion Board.
It is a development discussion board, which also covers politics, entertainment and other interests to members.
Housing affordability is a subject related to development, but which is a function both of the cost of housing and the income of those who find it unaffordable.
I'm not suggesting You or those who volunteer w/your group need to be hyper-focused on income.
You play a useful role advocating on housing and we all have finite spans of time and interest.
But it remains a critical part of the discussion.
If one raised the lower income tiers in the direction of a living wage, the housing crisis would diminish greatly. It wouldn't go away entirely as there are people who for any number of reasons don't work
or don't work full-time and will not foreseeably be able to afford market-rent/ownership.
For those people, subsidized housing in one form or another is crucial, (rent supplements can also form part of the discussion), and there is clearly a very tangible need for lots more of that.
But when you get above that threshold, for those who are working full-time, income is a very real player in the crisis we face and it's one that needs to be addressed with as much vigour as housing.
That said, this is a thread about this particular site; and perhaps we ought to return to that as the focus of discussion in this thread, at this juncture.
