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		CalRobert on Dec 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This... Why should we subsidize homes for firefighters?

imtringued on Dec 28, 2020 [–]

I don't know about firefighters but some public services are dependent on workers who commute from outside of San Francisco.

CalRobert on Dec 29, 2020 | [–]

More broadly, if housing is so expensive people with full time jobs can't easily afford it, build more housing. Subsidizing it for certain groups is NIMBY-enabling tokenism.

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