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Considering the shear magnitude of the housing problem, I'm a little disappointed we haven't seen more startups/VC money chasing this problem. After all, housi
by thorwasdfasdf 8y ago
Considering the shear magnitude of the housing problem, I'm a little disappointed we haven't seen more startups/VC money chasing this problem. After all, housing in the US is worth 30+ trillion dollar industry, and that's just the US.
- NTDF9 7y agoWell, they are. Airbnb, Wework.
- thorwasdfasdf 7y agothat's tip of the iceberg.
- sosodev 7y agoRedFin to some degree?
- dools 7y agoThis, like many other problems we are facing now, doesn't have a private sector solution. It is a failure of regulation and needs to be fixed by better government.
- twblalock 7y agoThe only way to solve the problem is to build more housing, and the only way to do that is to change the zoning laws. A startup cannot do much about that. The only way to change the zoning laws is to convince the majority of voters that they need to be changed. A nonprofit would have just as much luck doing this as a VC-backed startup.
- thorwasdfasdf 7y agoWell, as the decades roll by more and more innovation will be constrained by regulation (not just housing, but also transportation, medical, etc). Instead of tech startups, I think we may need political startups the aim of which is to change public policy, regulations and educate voters.