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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilities (www.goodgoodgood.co)
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[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 102 points 4 months ago (5 children)

This is fine, but millionaires won't save us

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 146 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This could be pointed to as a successful test case to get the gov off it's ass and implement this at a macro level.

You are correct millionaires will not save us, however we should reward behavior we want to see. Lest we get more billionaires who are a net drag on society.

[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He did actually save those homeless people.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I don't think it's possible to amass "millions" as an executive, while giving fair payments to everyone down the chain.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 months ago

Sure, but let's pretend this one hasn't done significantly more than others.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 20 points 4 months ago

Absolutely, but it is food seeing some people who actually use their money for something good.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

They could, but they won't.