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If there were sufficient authority and incentives to motivate developers to grow housing inventory, rent control wouldn't be advocated for in the first place.
by malandrew 7y ago
If there were sufficient authority and incentives to motivate developers to grow housing inventory, rent control wouldn't be advocated for in the first place.
- sitkack 7y agoAre you sure the choice is binary?
- ngngngng 7y agoSo rent control is cheating? Let's keep prices low without allowing supply to grow to meet demand by zoning for larger buildings and cheaper dwellings.
- munk-a 7y agoWhy should developers be incentivized to grow housing inventory over independent owners? Large scale developers already have quite a lot of assets to distribute as needed - I do agree that onerous construction impediments should be lowered (those sourced from NIMBYism - not general sustainability and environment concerned) and those impediments - or outright blocks - are responsible for a lot of the housing crises we can observe today.