> A popular view in the YIMBY community is that restrictive zoning and other policies that limit housing are pushed by homeowners who are benefitting from a hou

> A popular view in the YIMBY community is that restrictive zoning and other policies that limit housing are pushed by homeowners who are benefitting from a housing shortage, in some kind of long-range Machiavellian conspiracy to alter macroeconomics in their favor. But this doesn't really hold up when you think about it. > Restrictions on housing expansion are generally very local, with projects being blocked on the municipal level, or on the neighborhood level. But actually, more housing in a neighborhood would tend to benefit homeowners there. I think that "restrictive zoning ... [is] pushed by homeowners" and "actually, more housing in a neighborhood would tend to benefit homeowners there" can both be true. Arguing that someone would be acting counter to their interests by supporting a policy doesn't mean that they don't support it!