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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

if the offices are empty, why not use that money for a government program to guarantee down payments of first time home buyers?

The Biden administration is doing that also, it just doesn't make as good a headline.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/16/white-house-announces-new-actions-on-homeownership/

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Always happy to be pleasantly surprised.

Even tho it's half what developers are getting, it's better than nothing.