4 ms·
For another great take on the housing crisis in SF and elsewhere, I recommend a book that I first heard about on Hacker News, Matt Yglesias's The Rent is Too Da
by tedsanders 13y ago
For another great take on the housing crisis in SF and elsewhere, I recommend a book that I first heard about on Hacker News, Matt Yglesias's The Rent is Too Damn High: http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn-High-ebook/dp/B0078XGJXO http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn-High-ebook/dp/B0078X...
The over-regulation of home building by cities is an issue not really on the public's radar, unfortunately.
- pchristensen 13y agoWell, the 30-70% of population that are homeowners do have homebuilding on their radar - they're investors in the housing stock and have an incentive to cap/limit supply.