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Allow residents of those existing houses to add additional floors, convert garages, add a granny flat, et cetera. Large parts of Boston consist of nothing but 3
by hx87 10y ago
Allow residents of those existing houses to add additional floors, convert garages, add a granny flat, et cetera. Large parts of Boston consist of nothing but 3-story, 3-unit apartments, often with a live-in landlord, and it's quite dense.
- xienze 10y agoI don't think there's enough people in the valley with the money and the desire to convert and rent out part of their house to do much of anything about the demand.
- hx87 10y agoYou might have a point about desire, but with the levels of land value inflation there, almost any owner can take out enough of a home equity loan to finance the construction or conversion of additional units.
- kqr2 10y agoWe should let the market decide. The same argument was used against airbnb : who wants to rent out part of their house to strangers?
- TulliusCicero 10y agoI disagree, but either way, looser zoning would allow it to happen, not force it to happen. If people don't want to sell, well, nobody would make them.
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