Saturday, July 10, 2021

UMass economist blames ‘privatized housing’ for Florida condo collapse

UMass economist blames ‘privatized housing’ for Florida condo collapse
"A professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has blamed “privatized housing” for the recent collapse of a Florida condo building, further charging that it “violates democracy.”
...“Miami’s collapsed condo shows: privatized housing violates democracy. Only condo owners voted to defer building repair. Delivery workers, condo visitors, repairers knew nothing, didn’t vote, risked
injury, death
. As irreducibly social, housing must be run democratically by all,”
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