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The author lists every reason under the sun while missing the most important one: zoning or aka restricting buildable land that is causing the housing shortage

• baron816 5y ago
  There’s a whole lot of suspicion that these kinds of zoning laws that are upheld by leftists are cynical—they really just want to protect their property prices. But I think the left really believe what they are doing in blocking liberalization is good for communities. They’ve gotten into this mode of thinking that markets can’t solve problems of resource scarcity. Markets aren’t perfect, but one thing they surely can do (if not impeded) is to efficiently match supply with demand. If we wanted, homelessness could easily be ended with freer housing markets. Yes, some people would be living in very small, ugly, somewhat unsafe (though far safer than the streets), and fairly uncomfortable spaces, but it would certainly be better for everyone if it were legal to build those kinds of spaces.
  • mslate 5y ago
    It's like you picked up Occam's Razor & then threw it in the garbage bin.
  • RappingBoomer 5y ago
    yes, but also environmental regs are used this way