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I find it suspect that environmental regulations are the driver of housing market issues. That's a claim you should be substantiating and not making a blanket
by Cd00d 5y ago
I find it suspect that environmental regulations are the driver of housing market issues.
That's a claim you should be substantiating and not making a blanket statement about.
- treesrule 5y agoFair enough, let me find you a good article on the subject
- treesrule 5y agoSee here for example: Basically anyone can just maliciously sue if they don't like a development and force a length environmental review process. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/signature-environmental-law-hurts-housing/618264/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/signature-... Also just as an aside, I'm in favor of large, expensive intervention for both climate change and the environment in general but Environmental review at least in California is basically worth nothing compare to investing a billion dollars in solar cell research or building a nuclear power plant.
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- dionidium 5y agoMaybe not environmental review, specifically (which differs quite a bit state to state), but zoning and onerous building regulations more generally are a significant factor. At this point the burden is really on detractors to explain why artificially limiting supply for decades didn't affect prices.
- scrose 5y agoIn NYC, people call for multi-year environmental reviews to stall putting in something as good for the environment a new bike lane. Not sure where you live, but if you just look up where SEQR is referenced NYS lawsuits or sit in any local CB meetings on buildings and zoning, you'll see it often come up around both buildings and bike lanes as a way to kill momentum on a project for years.