Dave Chappelle successfully torpedoes affordable housing in Ohio

Homes starting a 300k in a small town outside of Dayton Ohio is now affordable housing? Damn son.

Wealthy person doesn't want poor people near him, more news to come at 11.

Or maybe he's just an old man who doesn't like change, wants to block any development of his childhood town.

 

No. The affordable housing was going to be a condo development adjacent to the 300k SFHs.

Chapelle is basically that towns lone benefactor so he can call the shots. Good for him. I'm not sure I would act any differently in his shoes.

The problems with the housing, Healthcare, and education markets in this country are systemic and go way beyond single actors.

 

Yes, it goes beyond single actors because theres lots of stupid zoning rules and NIMBYism in many , but outdated rules that constrain housing supply is exactly the problem.

Even the whole "affordable housing" thing here is a red herring. The economics of housing are so constrained in most places that even if you increase capacity by building "not affordable" housing, the knock on effect of supply increases helps lower prices anyway (w some exceptions, like those stupid supertall condos for Russians to launder money near Central Park)

Basically, just help build more housing in places where people want to live by removing legal barriers to do so .

 

Another article says residents who oppose the development don’t want traffic and other issues near them.
Yeah welcome to inflation and housing of 2022

 

This supply problem is a big deal in medicine too. There are artificial and unnecessary constraints limiting the number of practicing medical providers (nurses too) that has kept the availability of care low and the cost high on purpose. It's the whole "got mine, eff yall" attitude where med pros and their associations are eager to pull up the ladder behind themselves as it serves their own interests.

 

@Os Trigonum

I get it. He doesn't want non contributing members to live next to contributing members

hahahahahaha
@J.R.

 

@J.R. is officially on my Curley brackets ignore shitte list

 

I don't think I care at all about real estate projects in butt-**** Ohio. However, I don't understand how Chappelle thinks a restaurant and a comedy club are going to make money in a town of 3,700, an hour away from Columbus or Cincinnati (30 minutes from Dayton, which is a small town itself). I know he's real famous and all and people will make the trek once to check it out, but wouldn't he do a ton more business in Columbus or Cincinnati?

 

He probably is not real interested in making money and just wants a place nearby to work on material.

Depends on what he is charging for food or drinks, if he makes money anyway, it could be a destination spot.

 

People in Ohio are bored

 

I guess he expected this:


Rocket River

 

This sounds very NIMBY and I get that some might be disappointed in Chapelle. This goes though to that maybe we expect more out of celebrities and really shouldn't I like Chapelle, I think he's funny and can be insightful but I never thought he was a saint or looked to him for moral guidance.

 

What does JA think about (sub)urban development in small towns???

SOMEBODY GET JA

 

apparently, just cheap headlines not full context of the plan he was opposed to
also Charlamagne said

"white people mad at a powerful black man"

 

you can build affordable housing on 1.75 acres. That's not an insignificant amount of land.

They were worried about property value obviously.

 

So essentially modern day redlining?

 

I don't if that's the right term but call it what you will.

This may not be based on race given that poor whites also live in affordable housing. And they aren't denying individual mortgages or anything.

Ironically affordable housing in small quantities are usually good for neighborhoods. Lower property taxes and no effect on crime usually is a net positive for home values.