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>The ten most populous Bay Area cities listed above have a combined point-in-time homeless total of 63,527, and, margins of error notwithstanding, a census-estimated 92,800-plus homes vacant, a ratio of about three units for every two persons.
>The census’ annual American Communities Survey defines a home as vacant if there is either no occupant or a temporary occupant—temporary meaning “people who will be there for two months or less.”
>Vacancy rates are estimated by in-person visits to properties or by interviews via mail, email, or phone. The upcoming 2020 census will employ more exact methods and should result in housing and vacancy estimates with less room for error.
Personally, my (rough) idea would be to increase property taxes dramatically for unoccupied residences, which would encourage them to be put on the market for rental at least, and drive prices down a bit.
Or we could, you know, build some cheap housing.
Decommodifying housing sounds like a good idea. People in the streets sounds like a bad idea
It's a ridiculous thing you've said.