I earnestly believe that an ADU (or anything, such as a car) on market provides an option. That is what I was trying to say.
My original question was this: how does adding an ADU to the market hurt the lower class?
My original question was this: how does adding an ADU to the market hurt the lower class?
What am I pointing out is how you phrased your statement like the lower class has other options than the cheapest option available, whether or not it’s sub standard.
If you are unaware the mythological story around Marie Antoinette is that when she was told the peasantry could no longer afford bread responded with “let them eat cake” because she did not understand that going above the basics was not a viable option.
The phrasing of your statement combined with the reality of the world came off like you were suggesting the lower class can simply spend more money if they didn’t like the low tier housing, regardless of your actual intent
If the product weren’t there, the option wouldn’t be there - and your reasoning functionally favors driving down lower classes by denying them steps up.
No, there is not some grand capitalist conspiracy to subjugate multitudes into poverty to seize their paltry holdings. Capitalism raises the poor by giving them options that benefit both parties; the burgeoning ADU market seeks to give better homes to poor, which is a hard goal with limited (but existing!) incentives.
I understand how capitalism works and that this provides an option that wasn’t available before.
Telling people who have next to nothing that they can simply choose another house if they think this one is sub standard, while factually accurate, makes you sound like a complete asshole who doesn’t understand that they don’t have the resources to pick other options
That’s the entire point I’m making. Any response about capitalism or ADUs is ignoring my point and talking past me
You’re arguing that X shouldn’t exist, leaving only Y. This, in your words, “makes you sound like a complete asshole who doesn’t understand that” this is a step up.