cshlan
@dylanmorgan
They're not for local government. They're for State run government. They're not for small government. They're for small federal government so they can control more at the state level.
@logicbomb @austin
@reddig33
I'm also wondering if some of them are Democrats coming back to the party because there aren't sane Republicans to try to get into the main election.
@robolemmy
@helenslunch
Show me proof it doesn't matter and I'll believe it. There has been housing subsidizing for a long time. I had a subsidized apartment back in the 90s for a while. And yet prices didn't really spike until the last couple of years. I'll grant you it's possible subsidies cause landlords to raise rents a few dollars. But not to the degree we've seen lately.
What's happening lately is tenants are expected to bid for apartments. That's what's allowing the rents to skyrocket.
@helenslunch
All the less than 7500 people getting rent assistance in a market with how many apartments? That's a miniscule part of the market.
Rents increase because more people are moving here (it's gone from about 100k to nearly a million in the 30 years I've been here without much new building until the last few years) and Austin already had a tight apartment market in the 90s.
@FigMcLargeHuge
@helenslunch
There are way more people with money offering (or being asked for) over the advertised rent to get an apartment than there are people getting help with rent. It's fighting over apartments that's driving prices up. Not aid.
@robolemmy
@scytale
After a few years the Bermuda grass takes over and doesn't need the water!
@reddig33