>Often low-income families would live in smaller houses for less money if they had the choice, but building smaller and more dense housing has since been restri

>Often low-income families would live in smaller houses for less money if they had the choice, but building smaller and more dense housing has since been restricted by planning codes, often with the intent of excluding poor people. I'm conservative-minded on regulation for exactly this reason; my parents and grandparents were allowed to live poor yet we're obligated to pay substantially more in housing because of restrictions and requirements that purportedly address safety concerns that I'm willing to risk.