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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
This was going to be a post in another thread but it would have only indirectly been related to the topic at hand. And this particular topic is quickly becoming one that may have profound repercussions here in The Villages, what with ever-more service workers being needed in TV as it expands and more businesses sprout up.
Question: Just what IS “affordable housing”? Is there a sound, realistic definition for the term, or it it just another buzz phrase that sounds great when people rattle it off but has virtually no real meaning?
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Well to begin with, most people (probably?) realize that language, words, and meanings are changing more rapidly than most can keep up with, and not just limited to us (seniors). Orwell termed this "new speak", and we've always had changes, but can't think of a period in my lifetime where it has accelerated to this extent, and been so connected to a political regime. Example, for most of history two sexes were recognized. Many others may have existed, but not recognized. Now, with recent discoveries, and the medical and surgical technology so advanced, a whole new vocabulary is necessary. Same with "affordable housing, it's a fluid term, so there is no "sound" definition IF by "sound", you mean a definitive meaning ! And then there is "affordable" to whom ? To a minimum wage worker, (?$800 a month is (probably) not affordable, to a retiree (?) perhaps $1200 would be affordable, and perhaps (?) to a computer software engineer, $3000 is quite affordable. In other words, the definition is a VERY fluid one.... as you probably already knew....LOL !
