San Jose wonders why people are sleeping under bridges. They think affordable housing will solve the problem. Last year the least expensive affordable housing in San Jose, CA, was a 345 square foot studio in a huge building. You had to have an income of $1600 to be elligle. Subsidized housing, where rent is a percentage of income, has a five year waiting list.
We all think that because we are building "affordable housing" we are helping the poor. Minimum wage workers can not afford affordable housing.
We allow the rich to get richer without requiring them to pay people a living wage.
We allow the rrich to get richer without requiring them to pay their fair share of taxes.
Then we wonder why people are sleeping under bridges.
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