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minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down8·11 months agoIf you build any housing at all, you are opening up “affordable housing” at the bottom of the totem pole. That’s how buying houses works. No one is going to build a dumpster apartment to rent on the cheap. There’s no incentive there. Let people build and the less-desirable homes will be scooped up as prices fall. It’s basic supply and demand. Your state, like mine, has probably been kneecapping development in favor of NIMBY policies for those 20 years
minus-squareBartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoNo, they haven’t. They’ve been working hand in hand with developers to entice new money for them to tax, and ignoring the poor who only get poorer.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoWhat does that have to do with this discussion?
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minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoKnocking down single-family or small unit homes to build more multi-family housing is a good thing actually.
If you build any housing at all, you are opening up “affordable housing” at the bottom of the totem pole. That’s how buying houses works.
No one is going to build a dumpster apartment to rent on the cheap. There’s no incentive there.
Let people build and the less-desirable homes will be scooped up as prices fall. It’s basic supply and demand.
Your state, like mine, has probably been kneecapping development in favor of NIMBY policies for those 20 years
No, they haven’t. They’ve been working hand in hand with developers to entice new money for them to tax, and ignoring the poor who only get poorer.
What does that have to do with this discussion?
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Knocking down single-family or small unit homes to build more multi-family housing is a good thing actually.