dreams vs bureaucracy

an anarchists lament

One problem is solved and another emerges.

I’m attempting to build a backyard suite. I have a friend who has been living rough.

The small home I’m building is for him

Every turn is another problem.

They people who pretend to care are creating ‘incentives’ for people who really care to create spaces for people to live.

Almost ten percent of my budget has been spent on permits.

A backyard tiny home of 400 square feet gets hit with the same fee as a three thousand square foot two story for a family of four for impacts on the sewage system.

That seems fair eh?

Almost five thousand dollars on permits. Including a ‘grading permit’ for a lot that will not be graded.

Permits!

Who imagined permits were going to cost this much?

Permits! Who came up with such bullshit to begin with?

Permits that the government needs paid so I can help solve a systemic problem.

The problem comes from high priced permits that protect the incumbent property owners while creating over priced systems of ‘cost recovery’ that …