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[–] Pisck@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you want to retrofit office-towers into affordable housing you’ll need massive incentives

This is exactly what's happening here in Grand Rapids, MI (and I assume other places). It's massively controversial. We need the housing, but at what point are taxpayers footing the bill for construction that developers will take all the profit on?