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> No, they did not. Yes, they did, and you can see it in the metrics. If "new housing" is "not legal", how are we at a 30-year-high in new residential constru
by maxsilver 2y ago
> No, they did not.
Yes, they did, and you can see it in the metrics.
If "new housing" is "not legal", how are we at a 30-year-high in new residential construction? - https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-housing-starts-surge-13-month-high-2023-06-20/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-housing-starts-surge-1... and https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-20/us-housing-starts-surge-to-a-more-than-one-year-high https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-20/us-housin...
Note that we're also at a nearly 50-year record-high on urban apartment construction as well https://www.axios.com/2023/09/07/apartment-building-construction-record-high https://www.axios.com/2023/09/07/apartment-building-construc... -- the kinds of dense multi-family units that urbanists insist cities "haven't legalized".
- davidw 2y agoOregon was the first state in the nation to re-legalize middle housing in 2019, only 5 years ago, with HB2001, which is the kind of reform we're talking about. Most states have not caught up. The governor of Arizona just vetoed their own housing bill. Building apartments where it was already legal to build apartments is great, and we're seeing it help curb rents in some places, but there's so much more to it than that.
- senordevnyc 2y ago[dead]