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Just another story about the evils of zoning and housing regulation. How much do you want to bet builders aren't allowed to build more housing there?

• teachrdan 8y ago
  It's considered bad practice to comment on HN stories one hasn't read. Did you happen to see anything in this story about zoning or housing regulation, or have specific knowledge to that affect?
  • pascalxus 8y ago
    That's exactly my point. They're not talking about the real cause of the problem, thus misleading all the readers and ignoring the elephant in the room. Housing shortages are almost always a market failure due to regulation of some sort. They keep talking about it like the problem was existing landlords/AirBNB and to whom they're renting it out, etc. Instead of focusing on the real problem: lack of supply.
    • frabbit 8y ago
      The lack of supply comes because neo-liberals decided the government should stop building social housing. So... yeah.. you are right, but for reasons that you won't like.