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> the laws against building new housing or repairing tractors are gone because >10% of people don't. I'm having a hard time believing this. The evidence demons
by kelseyfrog 4y ago
> the laws against building new housing or repairing tractors are gone because >10% of people don't.
I'm having a hard time believing this. The evidence demonstrates that the complete opposite occurs - people reject almost all new housing projects because it would devalue their property. Imagine if more industries were subject to the same tendencies NIMBY property owners effectively use to veto housing projects by manipulating zoning procedure.
- AnthonyMouse 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35116007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35116007 More than 10% of people don't want a law prohibiting new housing, therefore you can't pass a law against it and anybody who wants to can build it.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoA law prohibiting new housing is different than groups fighting specific projects. For the most part people are fine with housing projects...as long as they are in someone else's neighborhood. That's how we end up with the vast majority of people being against a law prohibiting new housing and then also NIMBYing every new housing project.
- AnthonyMouse 4y agoThis is where the checks and balances thing comes in. Maybe your local housing prohibition has to be approved at the state level. Which for most local ordinances is a rubber stamp, or just automatically happens if no one asks for a vote, because what do people in Oakland care about parking rules in San Diego? But if you're trying to NIMBY housing development, and a lot of people are against a law prohibiting new housing development, you can't have one.