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Everybody wants "affordable housing" - but many do not want more people. This is the fundamental disconnect. Many folks just do not want to make it any easier f
by mdavis6890 4y ago
Everybody wants "affordable housing" - but many do not want more people. This is the fundamental disconnect. Many folks just do not want to make it any easier for more people to move in. They would like rents/prices to be lower though.
This is how we end up with rent control and tight building restrictions - because it solves both problems. Roll up the drawbridge against new people by blocking development, but then make the housing affordable by fiat.
The only remaining problem then is 10 year waitlists to get into one of those rent controlled spaces. Bummer on that...
- Gigachad 4y agoMany people do want more people because global populations have been continuously centralizing. Cities have become more dense and rural towns have drained out. People have made this choice on their own.
- mdavis6890 4y agoPeople want to move to population centers - but many (not all) people in population centers would rather they didn't. So they make it hard to build.