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counter examples: FAR 91, FAR 101, building codes for fire and electrical. almost every one of these regulations exist because somebody/company screwed up. ye
by rickydroll 2y ago
counter examples: FAR 91, FAR 101, building codes for fire and electrical.
almost every one of these regulations exist because somebody/company screwed up. yes, there are abuses like regulatory capture, but generally somebody messed up.
need further convincing? look into the history of housing over the past 1000 years, London fires and Cholera epidemics from public wells come to mind.
- shiroiushi 2y agoWhat does any of that have to do with AirBnB? If a house isn't safe enough to be used for short-term stays, it's not safe enough for anyone to live in.
- rickydroll 2y ago> Government regulations aren't there to protect all people, I gave examples of regulations that protect people. Existing houses are safe enough to AirBnB or live in because of regulations.
- shiroiushi 2y agoThere's also plenty of government regulations (at the local level, mainly involving zoning) that prevent building new housing, because existing homeowners want to keep property values high. How is that protecting peoples' safety?
- rickydroll 2y agoZoning is the least of your worries about keeping new housing from being built. There is an unwillingness to raze older buildings or industrial brownfields and turn them into housing. At least around here, there are many "undesirable" properties on bus lines, within reach of the city services, that would repurposed as housing sites.
- shiroiushi 2y agoThere's an unwillingness because those aren't zoned for housing (or the kind of housing that developers want to build there).