Tag: Zoning
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Last night, I scrolled through Amazon, entranced. You can buy a whole house for only $30,000! Some were as cheap as $15,000. But being Mr. Fancypants, I had my eyes on one for $72,000. I better hurry — there’s only 10 left in stock! 🙂 But as exciting as manufactured…
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I came across in incredible stat today. Apartments are banned in 76% of San Francisco. It’s no wonder that it’s the most expensive city in the United States. In fact, given increasingly restrictive zoning, 54% of the homes in San Francisco could not be built today! The picture in New…
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I recently subscribed to a newsletter from the journalist Matthew Yglesias that has turned out be outstanding. A message I received this morning really struck me. Yglesias argues that the best thing we can do for the poor, given that housing is their biggest expense, is to build housing like…
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+ Affordable housing, Construction, Development, Gentrification, Housing, Policy, Poverty, Real estate, Rent, YIMBY, Zoning+
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Tremendous 