Public housing. 2025 - $1.2 million each for 52 apartments in DC. Thread starteras seen on tv Start date2 minutes ago TagsNone

Photo above - if you lived here, you'd be home by now. New public housing apartments at a whopping $1.2 million each are rising in the affluent Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington DC.

Everyone has to live someplace. Even newly paroled prisoners. Certainly, nobody wants those guys moving to their block and setting up sidewalk tents. Voila – the birth of the $1.2 million housing project for poor. The District of Colombia is making it work with “local and federal tax credits, and city funded vouchers.”

But still, $1.2 million each does seem a tax excessive. For a 1,000 SF apartment, that would come to (let’s do the math) $1,200 per square foot. Yowie! Do these things come with assigned underground parking, and EV charging stations for each spot?

The link at bottom (courtesy of the Washington Post) is mute on whether or not these lucky 52 families will save the planet by driving Teslas or Ford Mach-E mustangs. But part of the cost IS explained by the planned “rooftop aquaponics gardens” to keep these lucky welfare recipients supplied with fresh fruits and vegetables. At least during the summer months when it’s not below freezing. I can't imagine what a tomato grown on the roof of a skyscraper costs, as opposed to Whole Foods.

I’m not specifically picking on DC. The city has reliably voted democrat since Lincoln was assassinated, and some politicians clearly want to keep it like that. DC is simply following the lead of cities like Chicago and San Francisco, which are also building high rises for the poor in a similar price range.

Back in the real world – Florida, for example, where I live – there are literally dozens of brand new townhouses for sale – 3 or 4 bedrooms, 2,000+ square feet each – in the $300K to $400K price range. I hope those potential buyers don’t read the WaPo, or they might consider moving to DC for free million-dollar units with rooftop gardens and EV charging stations. This will make places like Tampa, Toledo and Tucson look downscale in comparison.

I’m just sayin’ . . .

These publicly funded homes for the poor cost $1.2 million each to build