[x] may seem like a way to save money, but it can come with unexpected costs and trap families in a cycle of debt.

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America is such a land of innovation we invent new ways of being homeless

Historically, when stressed, Americans would just move west. The great Pressure Release Valve: free real estate.

But now there’s no more

we're definitely not in a recession tho

ah yes, non-traditional housing as vehicles and cardboard structures.

something insidious as hell about the US in the post war era is how broke people can't even cobble together something to live in like they did during the depression. and they may claim the bans are due to safety, but far fewer fucks are given about shady, substandard/dangerous housing with mold etc when theres a landlord.coplecting a check.

the ban is 100% about how slums make the ruling class and their administrators look bad.

Can people have gaming PCs in RVs?

would be nice if this wasnt also commercialized as a “lifestyle” and sold at a premium. now instead of poor people living in rvs and tiny houses, rich people buy them and live in them temporarily while never shutting up about how scrappy they are for it

“we converted a bus into a house:)” no your wealth paid a worker to convert a bus into a house

It's an interesting phenomenon. In other countries, weakly defined property rights and the lack of wealth means that people built slums in the marginal areas around cities. In the US, people are much wealthier in an absolute sense, and pretty much all land is enclosed and defended by psychotically strong property rights. Because of that, marginal housing is taking the form of living in vehicles to keep mobile... or rough sleeping / tents for those who are extremely poor in an absolute sense, and can't afford a vehicle.

the tiny home trend was kind of an extension of this to me. while yes there are valid reasons to downsize from McMansions to maybe just what we need but no one ever mentioned it's because they've been priced out of the housing market.

Next they'll talk about the new Gen Z trend of living in caves.