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I detest these types of arguments. People renting multiple apartments may be a part of the problem but surely the main cause is an undersupply of housing. Homelessness is not caused by this person renting multiple units.

It’s like when SF kept reminding that I needed to ask for a water refill because we need to conserve water while farms in the Central Valley are using the majority of it.

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In your example, being reminded of a water refill is marginally annoying. It’s a minor inconvenience.

When it comes to housing, a singular human priced out of housing is someone who becomes homeless

Disagree.

More housing needs to be built in your scenario. It is not on the shoulders of the demand side. More housing needs to be built and it needs to be built now. We should be guilting the communities that have prevented development from happening. Not John Doe who rents two apartments.

Part of my point was that renting two apartments can be a solution to a family not having a bigger single apartment. So many people move out of cities because they need more room. So I wanted to point out that there are ways to stay in a city with a family.

I totally understood. Was not a fan of the poster responding to you, claiming you made someone homeless.

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