πšƒπšŠπš›πšŠπšœ π™Άπš›πšŽπšœπšŒπš˜πšŽ πŸš‡Jan 2, 2023

There's a housing crisis in many cities. But cars can park free. Why not claim public street-space for those who need it? If you disguise your shelter as a polluting, duly-licensed private vehicle, like artist Michael Rakowitz did...
...the authorities should be fine with it.

More on this thought-provoking art project here:

http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/plot-proposition-i

(p)LOT: Proposition I β€” MICHAEL RAKOWITZ

MICHAEL RAKOWITZ
Show threadπšƒπšŠπš›πšŠπšœ π™Άπš›πšŽπšœπšŒπš˜πšŽ πŸš‡Jan 2, 2023
"You'll never be unhoused in Americaβ€”if you're a car."
There are 2 billion parking spaces in the US.
The nation now builds more 3-car garages than 1-bedroom apartments.
Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@straphanger *left unsaid, rare is the person who wants a 1BR apartment OR the real estate company who wants a 1BR apartment in the portfolio. People want home offices or guest rooms and real estate companies want to give people apartments they can stay with - and that means grow into with families.

This is not surprising!
Let's not make too much of this ratio - which I would actually dispute!

Jan 2, 2023 at 2:56pmWeb
Show threadRobJan 2, 2023

@jann @straphanger

That's why 1 bedroom apartments in NYC, Boston, SF, etc. are so cheap -- nobody wants one!

Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆJan 2, 2023

@rob @straphanger Fine... judge the 1BR's in NYC, Boston, or SF against the number of 3 car garages in those cities.

You'll be found wanting!

That's not the point!

Show threadAutisticMumTo3Jan 4, 2023
@jann @straphanger
When renting especially if you need Housing Benefit/housing component of Universal Credit 1 bedroom place can be very much needed by many. If you have to claim any form of housing benefit it won't pay for bedrooms the local council HB dept or UC consider you don't need & you are already having to top up your HB as they don't cover all the rent anyway in private rented housing. One of the problems with the bedroom tax on social housing tenants is in most places 1/2
Show threadAutisticMumTo3Jan 4, 2023
@jann @straphanger
@jann @straphanger
1 bedroom apartments simply haven't been built but you lose housing benefit for living in a 2 bed place even if there are no social housing 1 bed places in the area.