A parking lot where homeless people live in their cars, but only let in if they work in town. Story reflects so many thiings wrong in US:
* Housing shortage so bad that workers with decent jobs can't afford rent.
* Land use & transport systems that make a car more necessary than a home.
* Working class needs a pass from an employer to live in town, an echo of Soviet & Chinese totalitarianism.
* In 2 of 3 towns where tried, nimbys shut down this form of affordable housing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/realestate/colorado-homeless-parking-lot-affordable-housing.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E4.b8on.qeAnwZxngK39&smid=url-share
Benjamin Ross /
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2025-04-12 20:19:26
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