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Should the government provide subsidies for first-time homebuyers?

These subsidies are financial aids from the government to help individuals purchase their first home, making homeownership more accessible. Proponents argue that it helps people afford their first home and promotes homeownership. Opponents argue that it distorts the housing market and could lead to higher prices.

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 @9ZJSZ8Z from Indiana  answered…4mos4MO

No, the government should focus on lowering interest rates and inflation, which would lower the cost of home buying for first time buyers.

 @9RSDVGN from Virginia  answered…7mos7MO

No, but they should incentivize construction of more housing and residential buildings to reduce prices.

 @9RZY5CM from Louisiana  answered…7mos7MO

I'd rather the government make landlords illegal and take over all their properties. And charge a much lower amount to rent to non-homeowners.

 @9RFDC4V from Kansas  answered…8mos8MO

Depends on income and the type of house being developed. If it is for purely ownership of the house to be used by the owner and used as the primary residence by the family then yes it should be subsidized.

 @B3SG2MN from Kansas  answered…3 days3D

Yes but if the person is in need and will qualify for the house. For example, if the person will live at the house for years, then the government should provide subsidies.

 @B3RLSSY from Georgia  answered…4 days4D

No, unless it is a Veterans Assistance program or associated with some form of public service. These types of benefits need to be earned

 @B3QM2V9 from California  answered…5 days5D

Yes so that more people can own their own homes and not have to pay rent. And lower states mortgage rates to keep it affordable so people can keep their house on the family for generations.

 @7WDP6PT  from North Carolina  answered…6 days6D

Yes, this would help ease the burden of bills of the first time home buyer and make people want to get a house as well

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

ICC Arrest Warrants Push Israel Into Unprecedented Global Backlash

Arrest warrants issued for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister over alleged war crimes threaten to deepen the global isolation of a country already under pressure around the world for its handling of the war in the Gaza Strip.Israeli officials are concerned the warrants and the still-secret details of the charges could imperil Israeli government and military officials who travel abroad and could be detained for alleged war crimes.The move by the International Criminal Court will complicate travel by Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who would risk arrest in any of the court’s 124 member countries, which technically are obliged to enforce the arrest warrants.The warrants will lead some governments to scale down contacts with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, according to legal experts and officials familiar with the situation. They could also spur efforts to bring new war-crimes cases against lower-ranking Israeli and Hamas officials in national courts in Europe and elsewhere. More subtly, they could also encourage an ad-hoc pattern of shunning Israeli academics, defense companies and officials that has taken root in countries and institutions angry at the toll of the war in Gaza.The ICC warrants are likely to have the greatest effect on Israel’s relations with countries in Europe, which have been broadly supportive of Israel since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and the resulting war. All 27 members of the European Union, along with the U.K., are parties to the Rome Statute, the international treaty that created the court.European countries have been split in their reactions to the decision. Some, such as the Netherlands, say plainly they would enforce the arrest warrants. Hungary, led by right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, invited Netanyahu to visit on Friday in defiance of the ICC’s decision. Germany, caught between its support for the court and its history of the Holocaust, said it would carefully examine any steps it takes should Netanyahu or Gallant decide to visit.“Almost all of them would arrest Netanyahu if he were to visit, which means it’s pretty guaranteed that he won’t,” said Anthony Dworkin, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. “I’d be quite surprised even if he goes to Hungary.”

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