Can’t people just, you know, build a home? People were capable of that previously, right? Or do you define a home as 2-story building with a basement, a standard outfit and quantity of utilities, set so-and-so far back from a road with a bit of lawn, with a certain acceptable set of roof options, a tasteful material selection and paint job, attractive siding, etc., etc.
What about mud huts with corrugated roofs for the American people? Maybe even connected to electricity, internet, and water + sewage.
Sure… if you can procure the land, obtain all of the building permits that the city or county you’re building in requires, then build the house to code including passing inspection. There may even be municipality requirements. Like a minimum/maximum square footage, property set backs, easement rights, all kinds of things. Builders know all these things and can get permits pushed through because they’re applying for the same ones over and over without much deviation once they have set Floorplan. Doing all of that yourself, or trying to subcontract it out is a very large task and not easy by any means.
A lot of what you just listed are unnecessary homelessness-enforcement tools you couldn’t conceive of parting with.
Allowing a person to build themselves primitive shelter is offensive to you, to your friends, and to your family. A dangerous eyesore is what that sounds like to you. You have no intention to vote to allow it, and you have no interest in entertaining any kind of empathy for the caveman with tied hands.
Shelter is formalized, and you have no intention of dropping the formalities. You’d rather hire men to chase tent-dwellers around.
I don’t understand your response, they asked “can’t you just build a home” you can, but not just however you want, there are rules that have to be followed. Whether those rules are agreeable or reasonable is different, if you don’t agree with them then yes, you can vote and lobby for change, or move somewhere where these rules don’t exist.
Sure. Depends on your situation, if you need to be in a particular place, or whatever else.
For my own situation, I would need to go really rural. Homes being built 20-30 minutes more rural than where I am are priced higher than my current home. I could move further out and build, but the tradeoff is construction not being a ton cheaper, and extending commutes to 1.5 hours each direction. I take care of my elderly mother, so fast access to medical services is also important.
I’d actually love to be more rural myself, I’m just stuck in a situation where getting everyone what they need dictates a certain radius, barring picking everyone up and migrating elsewhere entirely.
