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> That is a problem of lack of land rather than some inherent material cost. No, this is a problem of poor planning and preventing building up (dense). Plenty
by cpursley 3y ago
> That is a problem of lack of land rather than some inherent material cost.
No, this is a problem of poor planning and preventing building up (dense).
Plenty of “developed” countries outside of the Anglo world have solved this issue.
- formerly_proven 3y agoI'm not sure about plenty. There's a common structural issue where properties and what you can do with them is controlled by local authorities elected by the locals while locals are also protected from the housing market using rent control. Since the locals already got theirs and experience a lot less of the market pressure non-locals experience, restrictive housing policy follows fairly naturally. This is true for both renting and renter locals.