The original Luddites were textile workers trying to stop machines from taking their jobs.  Today, the term describes people who can’t or won’t adopt new technology. Raise your hand, Division of Homes and Community Renewal! How else to explain this state agency’s insistence on absolutely bonkers paperwork requirements for substantial rehabilitation applications? The photo above is an actual sub-rehab application. It’s 1,100 pages. And that’s not even the worst part. One of these stacks must be printed for each tenant in the building to be rehabbed. In this case, the printing bill came to $4,900. Shipping is not included; HCR […]

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