Comment by Eumenes

My small rural town has setup a 'affordable housing council' and recently approved a 'general assistance fund for low income town residents'. I was under the impression that town governments work for the taxpayers, the homeowners, not non-residents wanting to move here from other places, who'll require subsidized housing and likely, dip into the general assistance fund (its just welfare, which they can claim on top of federal and state benefits). There are almost no employers/jobs here, so there's no push from business to attract workers who'll require cheaper housing. Its just bleeding hearts who moved here from cities and want to engage in activism.