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Single family housing in city centers with zoning that excludes other construction absolutely makes housing less affordable. It constrains supply considerably.
by ch4s3 7y ago
Single family housing in city centers with zoning that excludes other construction absolutely makes housing less affordable. It constrains supply considerably.
Furthermore the age of those houses is irrelevant to any other concern here. I’d argue that is an aesthetic anyway, and shouldn’t be a primary policy goal.
As for the condos, sure they don’t house the poor and no one makes that claim. They do pull middle income out of housing that can then be occupied by lower income residents. [1]
You still aren’t addressing property rights. Preventing owners from freely exercising their right to build is a taking.
Finally, I don’t think your ad hominem argument belongs here.
[1] https://furmancenter.org/thestoop/entry/supply-skepticism-housing-supply-and-affordability https://furmancenter.org/thestoop/entry/supply-skepticism-ho...
- rootsudo 7y agoThank you, I'm glad someone else here also understands the housing situation in Seattle and that allowing rezoning and creating options to make MFH possible is a solution vs keeping the status quo of old cap Hill houses because "they were there for a while." This sort of conversation is common throughout Seattle now and people blame the city but really it's people who clearly fit the "NIMBY" type. And that's just sad. Land is land. Allow people want to do with it and if they want to build MFH expedite it and allow it. Same with this topic and people thinking it means we're removing land from discovery park.