rbanffy
✨ Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.
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At some point it’ll be cheaper to convert than to leave the property unused. Raising taxes in vacant property is also an option to drive such conversions.
I agree not all property will be easy to convert, and plumbing and AC will need some adaptation, but any conversion reduces both office oversupply and housing shortage.
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Converting no longer viable office space into housing would solve a lot of problems. It would, of course, create problems for those who profit from housing shortages, deliberately engineered or naturally occurring, and those entities will do whatever they can to prevent any housing surplus.
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