Here's How Much Commie Mamdani's 'Affordable' Government Housing Will Cost You

 Amy Curtis    "New York City's socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform of making things "free" and "affordable." That was a lie, of course. He has no authority to, for example, make the city's buses and subways "free" for commuters. In fact, a few days after he took office, the subway fare climbed to $3 per ride.

He also thinks he can make World Cup tickets "available to all New Yorkers," because — like all socialists — he has no idea how the real world actually work.

But his most nefarious plans come from housing. He and his housing/tenant advisor Cea Weaver, hate private property (yours, not theirs, of course) and want to abolish it so everyone can live in government housing. It'll be free or affordable, they promised. And high-quality.

Anyone who has spent any time in government-run anything knows it's neither affordable nor high-quality.

And now the "warmth of collectivism" will cost you 30 percent of your income if you want to keep a roof over your head.

Black New York homeowners blast Mamdani's radical tenant advocate Cea Weaver: 'White supremacy? I'm not white'

"Black New York homeowners are stunned by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s radical-left tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, who claimed property ownership is a weapon of “white supremacy” and should be abolished — insisting it’s an “essential” element of black wealth and that her comments devalue their participation in the American Dream.

“White supremacy? I’m not white,” said Renee Gregory, president of Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant Inc., which was founded in 1978 to help keep black homeowners in the historically black neighborhood.  

“Purchasing his home was a tool to help uplift his family out of poverty, not a tool of white supremacy,” he wrote of his father’s success.

 

Disgusting Details Blow Up Mamdani's Praise of Government-Backed Apartment Building    . . . "To be sure, that building was disgusting. I certainly wouldn't want to live there, but there are consequences to placing price controls and mountains of regulations on landlords. Namely, it drains margins and makes it prohibitive to spend money on upkeep. There are also broader consequences when left-wing governance produces a city that is grossly unaffordable to live in, leaving the poorest with no choice but to reside in such abhorrent conditions, and property owners unable to provide anything better without going bankrupt. 

"Mamdani's point was simple: Private landlords are evil and government-backed "affordable" housing is the way to go. " . . .

"There are actually ways to improve conditions in these complexes, not the least of which is to get rid of government rent controls that crush investment, make building more housing impossible, and remove all resources for owners to improve their properties. Mamdani will never do that, though. Instead, he'll stand in front of the press and deliver lofty speeches while his actual policies result in disgusting, rodent-infested messes for his residents that are far worse than whatever existed prior."