During the pandemic we had tele-health, UBI via stimulus checks, employers supporting work from home and practically eliminated the flu because people wore masks in crowded places.

We really touched greatness and gave it all away to return to the status quo.

@carnage4life Yeah, but think of all that unused office space and the dwindling office rent yields!!!1

@goetz @carnage4life Turn them into homeless shelters and job outreach centers. 2 birds, one stone. Make it an actual "address" for them to use as a residence (and collect mail like a mailbox place does, help them set up bank accounts for direct deposits) so that employers are more willing to give them jobs and they can get on their feet. Won't work for all of them (especially mental health cases), but it could help a bunch out. Turn other offices into apartment spaces FOR these guys to give them a leg up til they can establish themselves and move where they want.

Only thing I can think of--affordable housing is getting harder for so many. It's why I'm searching for another job so hard--property taxes are going to gut my savings this year and I'll have to sell everything not nailed down to pay income taxes and basic expenses if this trend continues. I am lucky enough to outright own my house and land, but many others are not and can't afford the increasing property taxes along with mortgages and the like. And apartments are outrageous.