Seems to be the Trump plan.

Culling has its drawbacks though.

The idiocy and shortsightedness in thisl
group is astounding.

This country would have even more potential Luigis.

They can afford top of the line 24/7 security.
And consultants to advise them.

It will be an epic battle, if it happens at all.

where the break out occurred.

Then when it caused a pandemic he also dropped the ball there.

They wouldn't want to do too much themselves.

But they are working on personal service robots as we speak.

Running tenants out of public housing would do one of two things, maybe both. The first would create a need to fill vacancies. People would abandon their existing higher cost rentals and move into lower cost units. The second thing is that the fixed costs of building maintenance would necessitate a rate increase for the remaining occupants.
It is my opinion that in either scenario, culling the population or increasing available housing (through eviction), the real estate market would have to take a hit.

They make a big profit that way?
The will own most of the housing in the US.

Those who would be moving into vacant existing housing would not be building new homes. Construction, materials, home furnishings, appliances, and all the trades involved in new construction would suffer. People that are in subsidized and low-income housing are slow to enter the new housing market, those qualified for home ownership may choose to fill the lower cost available housing rather than build.
The whole thing about driving people into desperation and poverty is a throwback to a pre-vietnam era attitude that 'a good war' will fix the economy and bring back manufacturing. It could be said that this is being done to feed the war machine and stimulate the economy. Republicans value riches more than life.

They are like vultures who will vacuum up the carcasses of dead businesses.

Yes they see humans as expendable and collateral damage in their quest for money
and power. They will kill as many of us as it takes to get what they want.

Those who have previously qualified for it will lose their eligibility. The affected properties with fewer tenants will require more public funding that they will not get. The buildings will be sold to investors. Rents will increase. People will have nowhere to turn to. Programs once sponsored by the government will be eliminated. The masses will have limited options and home ownership won't be on the list.
What am I missing in regard to how to house these exiles?

Are you implying that you don't see any?

Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but none of
our billionaires seem smart enough to
handle what's coming down the pipe
regarding climate change and sustainable
living.

I don't even think the atmosphere will be
the same.

Because offhand I cannot think of any drawbacks to the rich if they kill most
of the population. But perhaps there are some I cannot think of.

Make no mistake many of the rich know exactly what is coming down the pike.
This is one reason they are hoarding so much cash and resources.
And culling the herd.

I suspected that is what you thought.

I see your point.

I think I'm changing tack a little. I'm
now looking at what might happen with
evolution.

For this billionaire species to survive, to
get to where they are, they have had to
lose what, so far, makes us human:
empathy, cooperation, love, tolerance, etc.

The people they have to kill off to get to where
they want to go are ones who have retained
their humanity.

Once enough of these are gone... well.. then
I guess you get the rich livng miserably in
their bunkers.

Now if it's just them there, imo, life literally
won't be worth living. But for a different
species, who knows...

Yes on the one hand, hoarding resources loads on survival.
Which may mean destroying everyone around them.
Those with empathy and cooperation DNA may not survive.

On the other hand, there is merit and survival in banding together
for mutual aid and protection. A tribe is stronger than an individual.

The rich cannot see it. They are so used to having every single need
and want met instantly. They think money will cure every problem
which it usually does in a civilized society.

But if they are isolated in bunkers how do they stop a Hitler invasion?
Or invent a vaccine to stop a pandemic? They are not rich enough
to replicate an entire federal government.

I guess it will be interesting Darwinian experiment.
Most of us may not live to see the results.

We're on the same page now.

This may be counter intuitive but the "billionaires" know exactly what is coming and are currently doing something about it, as only they can. They know full well that reducing the population reduces the planet's climate load and AI replaces workers and that they want fortified enclaves in the mean time. It seems the rubes who they have somehow brainwashed into believing buying gasoline is patriotic are the folk who are unaware of what's coming, and if they do, they are obviously unaware that there is no plan for them to be invited to the enclave, the mother ship, the biodome, whatever.

There is no downside for the billionaires culling the herd.
It is part of the plan.

Maybe some of the billionaires have bought into that scheme.

the Dripping in Gold house.

Those huge Health Insurance companies are going to be whining when people start canceling their newly priced $1,000 per month health insurance all because of Republicans in Congress.

Lose your home, lose your ACA, lose your Medicaid and have your heat shut off. Just another day in Trump's World of not giving a rats ass unless your rich.

People have been warned since June of 2015 about this POS.

I can never understand why there wasn’t more outrage about that comment but they flipped out over Jimmy Kimmel commenting on Charlie Kirk and saying nothing bad but they wanted to destroy him!

And I bet there are a lot maga people who would also be affected if this occurs.