Affordable Housing - Swiss Say No Electric Cars This Winter

The cost of affordable housing: Does it pencil out?

There is not enough affordable housing in the United States. For every 100 extremely low income households, there are only 29 adequate, affordable, and available rental units. That means two parents who both work minimum-wage jobs might wait years to find a safe, affordable place to live with their two kids.

https://apps.urban.org/features/cost-of-affordable-housing/

Rising Construction Costs' Affordable Housing Impacts

Despite the shortage of affordable housing units nationwide, many developers are working hard to create new units in heavily undersupplied markets. However, rises in construction costs have made the situation difficult for many contractors: The Associated General Contractors of America pegged increases at 21.4% from March 2021 to March 2022. And that figure excludes increases to labor costs, owing to a severe labor shortage in the construction industry.

https://www.hud.loans/hud-loans-blog/2022/4/28/rising-construction-costs-affordable-housing-impacts

Should Government Build and Finance Affordable Housing?

“Supply-side” solutions like public housing and LIHTC may seem good on paper, but are flawed in practice

https://catalyst.independent.org/2020/10/31/government-affordable-housing/

Switzerland Considers Banning Electric Vehicle Use Amid Energy Crisis

Facing an energy crisis this winter, Switzerland has developed a four-step plan to curb blackouts that includes banning the use of electric vehicles for non-essential trips.

Since the country relies on imports during the winter months from countries that are facing energy shortfalls of their own, Switzerland developed an emergency response plan to address the risk of blackout that includes two tiers—emergency and crisis—with levels of restrictions within each.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2022/12/05/switzerland-evs-n2616731

El Salvador deploys thousands of troops to combat gangs

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has deployed 10,000 security forces to confront the threat from gangs in a suburb of the capital, San Salvador.

Soldiers and security agents surrounded the municipality of Soyapango on Saturday to remove gang members in the area, according to a statement issued by the presidency.

“8,500 soldiers and 1,500 agents have surrounded the city, while police teams and the army are tasked with extricating one by one all gang members still there,” Bukele said on Twitter.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/03/el-salvador-deploys-thousands-of-troops-to-combat-gangs/

About Derek

Derek Hunter is a radio host, columnist and the author of “Outrage, Inc.: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood." He has worked at the Heritage Foundation as a health policy analyst; worked on Capitol Hill as a press secretary in the U.S. Senate, and was federal affairs manager at Americans for Tax Reform, focusing on tech, education, and judicial policy. In 2009, Derek was recruited by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel to help start The Daily Caller, where he was managing editor.

https://derekahunter.com/about-derek/