Article on tensions between affordable housing + greening misses a lot.
National #HomesGuarantee campaign explicitly lays out policies to combine greening + affordability.
The first Green New Deal leg proposal was for huge investments in public housing.
eenews.net/stories/106361…
National #HomesGuarantee campaign explicitly lays out policies to combine greening + affordability.
The first Green New Deal leg proposal was for huge investments in public housing.
eenews.net/stories/106361…
Have there been tensions between green policy elites and housing movements? Absolutely! (I'm writing a book about it.)
But this piece deploys the classic liberal framing of tragic tradeoffs, when there are movements articulating a clear solution: investment + decommodification.
But this piece deploys the classic liberal framing of tragic tradeoffs, when there are movements articulating a clear solution: investment + decommodification.
We should also note that every putative tension between greening and housing affordability was addressed in smart ways by @BernieSanders's Housing and Green New Deal plans. It may be hard to implement this stuff. No doubt. But the solutions aren't especially mysterious.
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