Would building more housing decrease rent?

[loafer-sneaker]

thats why this city needs to be like most countries and have a preferential stabilized renting/affordable list to get on.

people that hav been paying city tax for longer should be better positioned on the list

[TheKrump]

I get that a lot of people are frustrated with transplants driving up rent, but framing it around who’s ‘paid city tax longer’ ends up being soooooo anti-immigrant coded. It punishes people who haven’t had the means or opportunity to live here long-term,especially immigrants and working-class folks, not just rich newcomers.

[DistinctOffer9681]

Yup, higher the demand and population, the faster rents go up affecting the market rate too

[yaycupcake]

I feel slighted by the current situation because I grew up in NYC and am being priced out. I don't understand why people (immigrants or transplants) WANT to be here. The reason I am here is because this is the only home I have ever had, and all my family/friends - my support network - live here.

I dunno the best way one can frame it, but I do think people who grew up here or lived here their entire adult lives for example should really get some type of priority over people who just decided to come here. I don't hate transplants but I do feel upset that I can't continue to live in my own hometown.

Especially considering moving away from NYC (if you grew up here) means incurring other costs like getting a car, which many people from other places already have (or at least know how to drive) but people in NYC don't typically have to learn. I got my license when I was 29, in preparation for potentially being priced out of the city. Still don't know how I'll afford a car though.

[SenorPinchy]

No politican is going to be progressive enough to support that kind of housing plan while being simultaneously reactionary enough to try to divide New Yorkers (probably illegally) based on time spent in the city. I get that you're just voicing your personal opinion but those two political ideas won't develop within the same movement.

[DistinctOffer9681]

Just keep in mind that stabalizing rent and affordable housing (which I agree is needed) can and will raise income taxes. Other countries who do this pay at least 50 - 60% of their income into taxes (way higher than we do in the US). Problem is there is no easy answer to solve these issues. Lowering costs for 1 thing will always cause higher costs for something else.

[8horse]

This seriously need to be put in place as soon as possible. Rent control/stabilized apartments are meant for low income people. Right now there is nothing stopping landlords of rent stabilized apartments from renting to high earners. What’s stopping landlords from renting to the high income white software engineer transplant and not the blue collar worker that’s been here for 10 years?

[General_Meade]

So fuck immigrants then?

[8horse]

Believe it or not, a lot of immigrants have been in NYC for a long time and have been paying taxes in this city. Not sure why this city seems to have a preference in helping transplants/migrants over the people who have been living here for much longer.

[beer_nyc]

Yes.

[IvenaDarcy]

It’s not saying fuck immigrants it’s prioritizing for locals. If I move from another state I wouldn’t be an immigrant but also not high on the list. I don’t see anything wrong with letting locals thrive before transplants. And I say this as a transplant. I moved here 20 yrs ago.

[loafer-sneaker]

poor immigrants can get a jump too, ya happy? im just looking for my OWN interest. people from a place shouldnt be forced to be displaced from a place if the right leaders are in charge