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'''Universal basic housing''' is the idea that everyone should be guaranteed at least a place to live. | '''Universal basic housing (UBH)''' is the idea that everyone should be guaranteed at least a place to live. | ||
There would be some standard of [[basic housing]] (i.e. 1 bedroom per person) available to everyone for free{{x|or to be more pedantic: paid for by | There would be some standard of [[basic housing]] (i.e. 1 bedroom per person) available to everyone for free{{x|or to be more pedantic: paid for by taxes}}. And of course you can still live larger if you pay for your own housing. | ||
==Discussions== | |||
* [[/Standards|'''What sort of basic housing standard would be viable?''']] | |||
** [[Environmental footprint of 1 studio per person]] | |||
* [[/Capitalism|Could UBH work under capitalism?]] | |||
* [[/Leftism|How UBH could work if we '''''overthrow''''' capitalism]] | |||
* [[/Malthusian|Are there any Malthusian concerns?]] | |||
* [[/Construction|'''How much new housing would have to be built?''']] {{talk|Maybe this shouldn't be a UBH subpage, maybe it should just be [[Housing]] page with subpages like [[Housing/Canada]] or [[Housing/USA]]. For each, one can analyze how many new homes a region needs, in order to meet standards of [[basic housing]] (which as a concept can also be separated from UBH).}} - assuming we don't need to do everything from scratch - some existing housing could also be made free {{talk|make apartments free, perhaps? discussion needed}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Universal basic income]] | * [[Universal basic income]] | ||
* [[Lower the cost of housing]] | * [[Lower the cost of housing]] | ||