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> restrictions on housing supply hurt tech companies who wish to import workers That may be true, but a city needs more than just tech workers to function. The
by abalone 10y ago
> restrictions on housing supply hurt tech companies who wish to import workers
That may be true, but a city needs more than just tech workers to function. The goal is balanced growth.
> Restrictions on housing supply hurts everyone who isn't a landowner.
Objectively false. Affordable housing requirements help lower income people.
> whatever tech elites are doing, they don't look like they're winning the battle to up supply on housing
You mean up the supply of market-rate housing. Most critics are not anti-growth, they just want more affordable housing.
And as for displacing workers from other industries who can't afford market rate, it's not us vs. them. The "industries" you're talking about are intertwined: tech, restaurants, cafes, schools, police, nursing, art, and so on. If a city doesn't grow in a balanced way and pushes all those other people out it could make it an undesirable place to live. Already we are seeing big increases in restaurant prices due to cost of living.
- afarrell 10y ago> want more affordable housing Then they should support as-of-right construction. Mandating affordable housing doesn't actually increase its availability if a developer's plans to build affordable housing keep getting shot down.
- abalone 10y agoNor would building merely 5% affordable make much of a dent, probably, which is what this bill allows as-of-right.