tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post114827805184130841..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Public housing for aboriginesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1148443474115622012006-05-24T14:04:00.000+10:002006-05-24T14:04:00.000+10:00Harry,I agree with you completely on this one. The...Harry,<BR/>I agree with you completely on this one. There is a similar situation with gypsies in a number of East European countries; some pictures even depict them as having an open fire in the middle of the kitchen...The current policy leads to a classic moral hazard problem - moving them to new places provides all the more incentives for the occupants to destroy the old place. Christine's idea of them being able to sell the house one day is an interesting one, do you think it may work (for someone with arguably a high rate of discounting?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-1148413558336754582006-05-24T05:45:00.000+10:002006-05-24T05:45:00.000+10:00I am reminded of my grandmother's insistence that ...I am reminded of my grandmother's insistence that there was no point building houses for aborigines because they'd just tear them down to get some firewood. So nice to see you mention incentives and knowledge here. <BR/><BR/>Any thoughts about how education works in this case? What are the incentives? Any chance of ever selling the house (thus an incentive to keep it nice and update older housing as necesary)? And where is the nearest shop selling SpraynWipe? (Not apparently that it is particularly good to be too clean either ...) Lots of questions, of course, and nothing remotely approaching an answer. Sorry bout that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com