[hunter2_]

So instead of workers hanging out at the big box home improvement store wondering if a contractor will scoop them up that day for a few bucks and a sandwich (and said contractor wondering if the work will be any good), these matches will be made by an "Uber for x" app? On the one hand, why not.

[pj_mukh]

Yes labor shortages are a problem.

But in this context, the Uber methodology would be useful for busting through the archaic city approval processes + frivolous environment lawsuits aka the prime driver of the housing shortage [1]

[1]: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/29/1089174630/housing-shortage-n...