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Seems the problem is supply. Build more. Problem solved? Why don’t we build more? Politics, locals often don’t want more housing near them so you can’t get a pe
by scrivna 5y ago
Seems the problem is supply. Build more. Problem solved? Why don’t we build more? Politics, locals often don’t want more housing near them so you can’t get a permit to build… many people in life don’t want change and oppose it as they only care about themselves and not the greater good (and their house price increases in value because it’s an “investment” more than a utility).
What can we do? Change local opinions, make the problem more visible in the news with actionable things people can do, find a way to reach people to remove red tape and get higher density, mixed use and more land available. Maybe community builds where people group together to build pre-fabs as a collective.
I personally wish this situation could be improved, we have recently been evicted by our landlord who’s selling in to the local price bubble and now all renters are looking simultaneously, we’ll likely have to relocate to find somewhere we aren’t price gouged… I’m sure you can tell this is a sore subject for me right now.