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I know people who work on sustainable & affordable housing as well as homelessness. It's generally understood that we need more housing. A lot more. And some hu
by specialist 5y ago
I know people who work on sustainable & affordable housing as well as homelessness. It's generally understood that we need more housing. A lot more. And some huge fraction of the "unhoused" (?) is due to affordability (ever rising rents).
Confirming this folk theory with hard data and analysis will prove very useful in the ongoing policy battles.
(A lot of political hobbyists continue to mindlessly repeat value-based and morality tale stories, when simple economics explains quite a bit.)
- Schiendelman 5y agoI wish it was useful. Models have shown this for decades. Data doesn’t change the root cause - land owners don’t want competition from other land owners in housing.