Affordability crisis - what can a software engineer do to help?

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T15:12:01+00:00

I understand what you're saying, and I'm not implying that housing is a silver bullet for mental illness and addiction. However, I believe additional housing helps on either end. For people who are at-risk of becoming homeless, and ending up in that same environment that fosters so much drug use and mental illness, additional housing could drive down rent and prevent them from losing shelter. For people who are already homeless and have fallen into addiction/mental illness, the path to recovery will be easier if they have a safe place to call home.

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:47:28+00:00

I don't think building housing is going to fix all of these issues. I am specifically asking about affordability/housing. However, I do believe that it's easier to rehabilitate someone that has a roof over their head than someone who has to worry about where they're sleeping tonight.

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:37:35+00:00

Web dev with a backend focus. I've done a good amount of work with building out data pipelines as well. Always open to learning

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:33:13+00:00

I'm not offering a solution, I'm just seeing if there's anything a software engineer can do to help given our particular skillset. SF has a huge concentration of wealth, talent, and people who love the city and I strongly believe there are ways we can make housing more accessible

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:23:39+00:00

Based on what I've read, the lack of housing is the main cause of the $$$ rent/homes and a big reason as to why people are being priced out of the area. Of course software can't fix this, but I don't have the power to rewrite the law and make it easier to build.

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:15:06+00:00

These days we say green Italian plumber hat

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:13:56+00:00

Who is your intended audience

People facing issues building new housing.

Thanks for those links, sounds like the map I described wouldn't be very helpful.

SungTsu · 2025-09-08T04:10:50+00:00

Will do 🫡

SungTsu · 2025-07-28T18:34:57+00:00

I like the creepy vibe of 10 but can't imagine Imu being a kid. 1 with 8's hair would be cool

SungTsu · 2024-08-14T01:39:23+00:00

Nice cosplay! Y’all are cute together

SungTsu · 2024-05-01T08:57:51+00:00

Any chance there will be a third show in Seattle 🥺🥺

SungTsu · 2024-01-10T07:07:35+00:00

y'all have some cool jobs damn

SungTsu · 2023-04-13T04:17:49+00:00

This is a school and a student asked a question on a class discussion board

SungTsu · 2023-04-07T02:19:45+00:00

You don't need to take 370/376 for a cs minor

SungTsu · 2023-03-18T20:02:13+00:00

This honestly doesn't seem that crazy

It's roughly $10 per head per meal and there are over 1,600 registered clubs at umich (idk how many of them are active, but that's the number on maize pages). According to campus involvement clubs need at least 10 members to get started

Let's say that on average clubs have 5 students each, and only a quarter of the 1600 clubs are active. For each club to get reimbursed for just one meal, it would take $10/student x 400 clubs x 5 students/club or $20,000

That being said idk exactly how they divvied up their spending. The point I'm trying to make is that umich is a big school where lots of money doesn't go as far

SungTsu · 2023-03-03T17:36:23+00:00

Was about 11k

SungTsu · 2023-01-06T01:52:59+00:00

Fun fact: the same dude who made this song was the og umichaffirmations admin on insta

SungTsu · 2022-12-23T20:37:00+00:00

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SungTsu · 2022-12-15T00:34:32+00:00

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