Grew up rich, never worked a real job in her life, so why wouldn't you want to turn your city's and state's housing policies over to her guidance?

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‘Cea Weaver-style’ housing policy is an insidious and purposeful effort to shift that political power to the state and make people dependent on the state either directly through more public housing OR indirectly through price controls that make housing ‘affordable.’ Either way this policy seeks to effectuate a huge power transfer from individuals (homeowners) to the state who ‘provides’ or ‘ensures’ housing.

That’s why I generally think blue states are fine with no housing being built and real estate prices being out of control: the more desperate people are for housing and the more dependent they are on the state for housing, the more power government can arrogate.

Stephen Green adds, “Creating a permanent underclass of reliable Democrat voters is what Democrats do best.”

ChatGPD came up with a lengthy response to what, exactly a Cea Weaver-style housing policy is, and here’s the bottom line:

The core idea: housing as a right, not a market commodity

Cea Weaver comes out of the tenant movement and the Democratic Socialists of America orbit. Her baseline belief is:

Housing shouldn’t primarily be something you buy to build wealth—it should be something society guarantees.

Weaver has said the long-term goal is to:

  • Shift away from a system where people access housing by buying it

  • Toward one where the state or non-profits guarantee housing

It’s coming to the Nutmeg State — count on it.