Interesting Links for 06-06-2017

[andrewducker]

Finally, definitive proof of whether or not there are aliens

(tags: aliens comic satire politics )

IBM unveils world’s first 5nm chip

(tags: processor cpu ibm Technology computers )

Queensferry Crossing builders set to lose £100 million in penalties for finishing project late

(tags: construction money fail scotland )

UK schoolchildren attempting suicide to qualify for mental health treatment

(tags: suicide mentalhealth uk OhForFucksSake )

I just hate-read this article on rich people making terrible property decisions.

Will someone please fix the housing crisis that now seems to plague many parts of the world? Possibly by building a lot more housing?
(tags: housing privilege money canada )

Why we don't need more anti terrorism laws

(tags: law terrorism UK )

UK workers have had the worst wage peformance in the OECD except Greece

(tags: uk wages money fail )

Meet Poe's Law, the bigot's shield for being bigoted on the internet

(tags: racism sexism internet satire )

Martin Scorsese on the power of film-making as an art form

(tags: art film movies )

The Brexit no-one wanted

(tags: UK Europe politics )

Millions of dollars of almonds, walnuts, and pistachios are being stolen in California

(tags: USA for theft crime )

Over 100 economists sign a letter backing Labour's economic plans

(tags: economics labour politics uk )

How do you get over losing your dream job as an MP?

(tags: politics jobs )

After 17 Years, Terry Gilliam has finally finished shooting his Don Quixote movie.

(tags: TerryGilliam movies time )

Comments

[randomdreams]

I don't know about where your housing crisis article is focussing, but in the US we have roughly six empty houses for every homeless person in the country. Obviously there are Very Big Reasons for this to be the case, but, around here, building yet more housing is probably not the right solution. Subsidized rent/low income housing might be.

[andrewducker]

Are the extra houses in the same place as the demand?

[andrewducker]

The reason I ask is that the issue is frequently that there is loads of housing available in places nobody wants to live any more, but none available in the cities that people have all moved to.

[randomdreams]

I need to do some research on this. I know the stat is roughly accurate but know little about the distribution. However, with that said, my guess is that 60% of it is, as you say, housing where it's not needed. (With that said, there are a lot of homeless people in Detroit, and a lot of empty houses. THat's purely a matter of money.) But a significant part of that is people who own multiple houses, either as vacation/seasonal homes, or as investments that are empty either because they're being flipped or because there isn't currently a tenant in them.