Affordable housing requirements lead to less overall units being built. That only makes the problem worse. Affordable housing subsidies help, because they enab

Affordable housing requirements lead to less overall units being built. That only makes the problem worse. Affordable housing subsidies help, because they enable both to be built. So often in the bay area we see large market rate developments blocked for the potential of an affordable project that never comes. Let them build, because until we make up the MASSIVE shortage of housing, there is no getting around needing to build more.