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3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« on: February 23, 2020, 08:52:44 AM »
Goofball Gavin Newsom wants doctors to be able to write prescriptions for housing. How would you do that without going 100% totalitarian? There is only so much housing in that state. They would have to force property owners to provide homes, or force taxpayers to pay for new construction or state purchase of current inventory.

I note that for this, he would exempt the housing from all CA environmental laws that are otherwise putting a stranglehold on all new construction in the state. Maybe just get rid of your ecolaws, and the free market could build targeted housing for a reasonable price. I saw zahc mentioned in another thread that Japan does something like that - lax construction regs, so you may have kinda crappy housing, but at least you have a roof over your head and a permanent address.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/california-gov-newsom-advocates-for-doctors-to-write-prescriptions-for-housing-to-treat-mental-illness/
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2020, 10:26:24 AM »

With medicine, writing a prescription doesn't force anyone to provide the drug, as far as I know.

Maybe it's a way to get insurance companies to pay your mortgage?

If padded rooms are in short supply, I can see the need to control consumption in a high-demand environment.
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2020, 10:40:55 AM »
Didn't they pend millions on low income housing that is years behind?
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2020, 12:50:36 PM »
Quote from: zahc on February 23, 2020, 10:26:24 AM
. . . Maybe it's a way to get insurance companies to pay your mortgage? . . .
If you think today's deductibles and out of pocket maximums are high, you ain't seen nothin yet.   :facepalm:
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2020, 01:09:40 PM »
So what happens if the person gets a job? Do they then have to make payments on the house or does it remain free?
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2020, 01:19:57 PM »
I think some people are going to need a refill, after they destroy the house, or trade it for drugs.
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2020, 05:12:59 PM »
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Newsom called for exempting supportive housing from environmental regulations statewide.

Why does he hate the planet?
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Re: 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home, Quantity 1, No Refills
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2020, 07:16:31 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9pgh5EO6lw
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I posted this on another thread.  Stossel did a longer video with the story at the end of the guy trying to renovate an old building into small apartments but I can't find it.  IMO, it amounts to too many people in all levels of govt inventing reasons to say no.  
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