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Would much of the problems with housing cost be alleviated by deregulating the market? I remember my neighbour many year's back being blocked, by his town, for

Would much of the problems with housing cost be alleviated by deregulating the market? I remember my neighbour many year's back being blocked, by his town, for building his own shed in his backyard. I have travelled around the world and seen many homes people live in that they've built themselves. I have never seen that in the US.

internaut 10y ago
Check out the Tiny House movement wallae! http://tinyhousetalk.com/category/tiny-houses/ http://tinyhousetalk.com/category/tiny-houses/ In this respect it is we Euros who should be getting off our butts.
- icebraining 10y ago
  I quite enjoy tiny houses, but they're a small luxury. In terms of efficiency, they don't hold a candle to even a small multistorey building. The reason they're cheap(ish) is because they don't include land prices.
candiodari 10y ago
Depends on your perspective, and what you consider problems. If it's about not housing enough people in the major cities, then yes, it can probably solve that. Providing some quality level of housing for every pricing point ... well sure. That can be done by deregulating. We all know we will NOT like quite a few of those quality levels though, and some will be bad enough to make actual victims. For health reasons, for preventable accidents reasons, for crime safety reasons ... If you're talking about doing that while maintaining current standards of housing and standards of traffic, crowdedness of the streets, etc - of course not. Can't be done, of course. Housing everyone at a decent standard, lower than now, but decent ... well regulation (ie. shifting regulation from local to federal) can do that. I think that that is by far the best option. Shifting permitting from local level to at least state, better yet, federal level. The best option would be to provide distributed jobs again, of course. But that can't happen because, well it's complicated [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJI0cokQ5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJI0cokQ5k
- Decade 10y ago
  Hyper-local regulation has proven to be a disaster.[0] It’s not just about providing housing, but about having houses near jobs and having diverse communities. State-wide is a bit problematic for a state as large as California.[1] The problem is there is no intermediate level of regulation between the county and the state. Federal regulation of housing has been terrible.[2] Even before you consider Ben Carson as Secretary of HUD. It’s impossible for a small group of people working in a swamp to create all the necessary regulations ranging from Appalachian cabins to high rises on landfill in an earthquake zone.[3] There is an ideal size for each form of government and regulation. I think for housing, the ideal size is probably slightly bigger than the well-connected metro area. So, the entire San Francisco Bay Area should be one unit, but not all of California; and the Northeast Megalopolis from Virginia to Massachusetts, but not the entirety of those states, should be one unit.[4] [0]http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/01/how-zoning-restrictions-make-segregation-worse/422352/ http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/01/how-zoning-restrictio... [1]http://www.spur.org/news/2016-06-02/governor-brown-s-solution-affordability-crisis-allow-new-housing-right http://www.spur.org/news/2016-06-02/governor-brown-s-solutio... [2]https://www.recivilization.net/TheCatastrophe/331thedepartmentofurbandecay.php https://www.recivilization.net/TheCatastrophe/331thedepartme... [3]http://www.newser.com/story/234803/leaning-tower-of-sf-is-sinking-faster-than-thought.html http://www.newser.com/story/234803/leaning-tower-of-sf-is-si... [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis

internaut 10y ago

Check out the Tiny House movement wallae! http://tinyhousetalk.com/category/tiny-houses/ http://tinyhousetalk.com/category/tiny-houses/ In this respect it is we Euros who should be getting off our butts.

icebraining 10y ago
I quite enjoy tiny houses, but they're a small luxury. In terms of efficiency, they don't hold a candle to even a small multistorey building. The reason they're cheap(ish) is because they don't include land prices.

candiodari 10y ago

Depends on your perspective, and what you consider problems. If it's about not housing enough people in the major cities, then yes, it can probably solve that. Providing some quality level of housing for every pricing point ... well sure. That can be done by deregulating. We all know we will NOT like quite a few of those quality levels though, and some will be bad enough to make actual victims. For health reasons, for preventable accidents reasons, for crime safety reasons ... If you're talking about doing that while maintaining current standards of housing and standards of traffic, crowdedness of the streets, etc - of course not. Can't be done, of course. Housing everyone at a decent standard, lower than now, but decent ... well regulation (ie. shifting regulation from local to federal) can do that. I think that that is by far the best option. Shifting permitting from local level to at least state, better yet, federal level. The best option would be to provide distributed jobs again, of course. But that can't happen because, well it's complicated [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJI0cokQ5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJI0cokQ5k

Decade 10y ago
Hyper-local regulation has proven to be a disaster.[0] It’s not just about providing housing, but about having houses near jobs and having diverse communities. State-wide is a bit problematic for a state as large as California.[1] The problem is there is no intermediate level of regulation between the county and the state. Federal regulation of housing has been terrible.[2] Even before you consider Ben Carson as Secretary of HUD. It’s impossible for a small group of people working in a swamp to create all the necessary regulations ranging from Appalachian cabins to high rises on landfill in an earthquake zone.[3] There is an ideal size for each form of government and regulation. I think for housing, the ideal size is probably slightly bigger than the well-connected metro area. So, the entire San Francisco Bay Area should be one unit, but not all of California; and the Northeast Megalopolis from Virginia to Massachusetts, but not the entirety of those states, should be one unit.[4] [0]http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/01/how-zoning-restrictions-make-segregation-worse/422352/ http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/01/how-zoning-restrictio... [1]http://www.spur.org/news/2016-06-02/governor-brown-s-solution-affordability-crisis-allow-new-housing-right http://www.spur.org/news/2016-06-02/governor-brown-s-solutio... [2]https://www.recivilization.net/TheCatastrophe/331thedepartmentofurbandecay.php https://www.recivilization.net/TheCatastrophe/331thedepartme... [3]http://www.newser.com/story/234803/leaning-tower-of-sf-is-sinking-faster-than-thought.html http://www.newser.com/story/234803/leaning-tower-of-sf-is-si... [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_megalopolis