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Make housing available & affordable to poor people.
==Things that would help==
==Things that would help==
===Physical===
===Physical===
* [[Let tenants decide what work needs to be done]]
* [[Let tenants decide what work needs to be done]]
* [[Don't demolish existing buildings]] (except for ones that are condemned, of course)
* [[Don't demolish existing buildings]] <small>(as long as they're structurally safe)</small>
* [[Subdivide housing]] (especially if there's a [[shortage of single-person homes]])
* [[Subdivide housing]] <small>(especially if there's a [[shortage of single-person homes]])</small>
* [[Create new walkable neighborhoods]]
* [[Create new walkable neighborhoods]]
* [[Low-cost construction]]
* [[Low-cost construction]]
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===Socioeconomic===
===Socioeconomic===
* [[Rent control]]
* [[Rent control]]
* [[Affordable (subsidized) housing]]
* [[Subsidized housing]]
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==See also==
* [[Universal basic housing]]