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Used cars are cheap because of new cars. Day-old bread it half price because of fresh bread.
This has been a housing policy post.
This has been a housing policy post.
July 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Used cars are cheap because of new cars. Day-old bread it half price because of fresh bread.
This has been a housing policy post.
This has been a housing policy post.
Reposted by Daniel Ragsdale
This is something I hear with shocking frequency from people who are opposed to YIMBY policy interventions. Cities like New York, LA and San Francisco are just going to be radically expensive forever, and "we" (incumbent homeowners) just need to resign ourselves to it.
Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.
Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
July 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is something I hear with shocking frequency from people who are opposed to YIMBY policy interventions. Cities like New York, LA and San Francisco are just going to be radically expensive forever, and "we" (incumbent homeowners) just need to resign ourselves to it.
Reposted by Daniel Ragsdale
The price of housing is set by supply and demand.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
They started building a bunch of apartments in Bozeman. You'll never guess what happened next.
Has Bozeman’s rental market finally flipped?
A glut of new ‘upscale’ developments is driving prices down from pandemic highs; city officials hope the surplus will have far-reaching effects in one of the state’s most expensive places to live.
montanafreepress.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The price of housing is set by supply and demand.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
In high-demand areas, the ONLY way to stabilize or reduce housing prices is by building a lot of new homes, including privately-built homes for sale or rent on the open market.
Anyone who tells you otherwise has an agenda.
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“To me, it all boils down to who gets to live in Bozeman," said Mayor Terry Cunningham. "If we have a scarcity mindset, saying that we don’t want to produce more housing stock, essentially we’re saying we want millionaire neighbors, and we don’t want to accommodate the workforce of Bozeman.”
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A glut of new ‘upscale’ developments is driving prices down from pandemic highs; city officials hope the surplus will have far-reaching effects in one of the state’s most expensive places to live.
Has Bozeman’s rental market finally flipped?
A glut of new ‘upscale’ developments is driving prices down from pandemic highs; city officials hope the surplus will have far-reaching effects in one of the state’s most expensive places to live.
montanafreepress.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“To me, it all boils down to who gets to live in Bozeman," said Mayor Terry Cunningham. "If we have a scarcity mindset, saying that we don’t want to produce more housing stock, essentially we’re saying we want millionaire neighbors, and we don’t want to accommodate the workforce of Bozeman.”
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very funny to read walter lippmann capture the basic dynamic of 21st century housing politics in 1922
June 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
very funny to read walter lippmann capture the basic dynamic of 21st century housing politics in 1922
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
"We should have a planned economy without any of the fundamental drawbacks of a planned economy" is not real housing policy
June 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"We should have a planned economy without any of the fundamental drawbacks of a planned economy" is not real housing policy
Instead of just allowing more homes, Jackson is seriously considering investing in a new "Affordable" home category for people making up to $158,000
May 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Instead of just allowing more homes, Jackson is seriously considering investing in a new "Affordable" home category for people making up to $158,000
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Also, we shouldn't be building "moderate income" units, period. If people with moderate incomes can't afford decent market-rate housing in your city, you need to do something about the market rate itself. www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/18/m...
The Bay Area has hundreds of below-market rate apartments sitting vacant
Some new moderate-income units offer little discount to market-rate rents. Some question whether we should prioritize building them at all.
www.mercurynews.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Also, we shouldn't be building "moderate income" units, period. If people with moderate incomes can't afford decent market-rate housing in your city, you need to do something about the market rate itself. www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/18/m...
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I would be more sympathetic to anti-gentrification arguments against new market rate housing if blocking new apartments actually stopped rich people from moving into neighborhoods; but it doesn't.
There is no home that is too shitty for a rich person to buy and renovate into luxury housing!
There is no home that is too shitty for a rich person to buy and renovate into luxury housing!
May 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I would be more sympathetic to anti-gentrification arguments against new market rate housing if blocking new apartments actually stopped rich people from moving into neighborhoods; but it doesn't.
There is no home that is too shitty for a rich person to buy and renovate into luxury housing!
There is no home that is too shitty for a rich person to buy and renovate into luxury housing!
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In a healthy market, I think we'd generally see market rate housing affordable to people making as little as 50-60% area median income. The deed-restrictions-or-nothing crowd leads us to dead ends like San Francisco, where people making ~$80k are sitting on affordable housing waitlists.
I’m no expert, but it seems to me that we don’t know how much subsidized housing we need until we have enough market rate housing.
April 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In a healthy market, I think we'd generally see market rate housing affordable to people making as little as 50-60% area median income. The deed-restrictions-or-nothing crowd leads us to dead ends like San Francisco, where people making ~$80k are sitting on affordable housing waitlists.
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I’m no expert, but it seems to me that we don’t know how much subsidized housing we need until we have enough market rate housing.
April 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m no expert, but it seems to me that we don’t know how much subsidized housing we need until we have enough market rate housing.
Zoning is just eugenics for buildings
April 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Zoning is just eugenics for buildings
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Anyway, people live in homes, not land values, and housing can be affordable even when land values are high if you can stack a lot of homes on a small piece of land.
April 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Anyway, people live in homes, not land values, and housing can be affordable even when land values are high if you can stack a lot of homes on a small piece of land.
Cities aren't loud; cars and pickleball courts are loud!
April 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Cities aren't loud; cars and pickleball courts are loud!
Abundance shout out in the Northern South Park public comments!
April 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Abundance shout out in the Northern South Park public comments!
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The idea that:
"You can't have big next to little without medium in between!"
is pure toddler-level thought, but is actually a guiding principle of our nation's planning apparatus.
"You can't have big next to little without medium in between!"
is pure toddler-level thought, but is actually a guiding principle of our nation's planning apparatus.
March 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The idea that:
"You can't have big next to little without medium in between!"
is pure toddler-level thought, but is actually a guiding principle of our nation's planning apparatus.
"You can't have big next to little without medium in between!"
is pure toddler-level thought, but is actually a guiding principle of our nation's planning apparatus.
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Taxing the *positive* externalities of certain transportation modes is a new one to me. Maybe Washington can take that revenue and use it to subsidize cigarette sales.
The proposed transportation budget that was just released by the Washington State Senate includes a 10% surcharge on e-bikes, and a vehicle registration fee for public transit operators along with a removal of the exemption of public transit vehicles from paying tolls.
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Taxing the *positive* externalities of certain transportation modes is a new one to me. Maybe Washington can take that revenue and use it to subsidize cigarette sales.
Form based codes aren't the worst idea in planning history, but they're probably the dumbest
March 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Form based codes aren't the worst idea in planning history, but they're probably the dumbest
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"I want to begin this outdoor dining experience by acknowledging that we are on land that once belonged to a Jeep Cherokee"
somebody on here said removing parking minimums is colonialist. Bluesky juice confirmed
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"I want to begin this outdoor dining experience by acknowledging that we are on land that once belonged to a Jeep Cherokee"
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Mr. Ezra (Abundace) Klein, famous for never having written anything about healthcare… lmao
March 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Mr. Ezra (Abundace) Klein, famous for never having written anything about healthcare… lmao
If IZ is truly the political cost of upzoning then jurisdictions should ensure projects still pencil by lowering costs in every other area. Streamline permitting, reform building codes, eliminate parking mandates, etc.
March 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If IZ is truly the political cost of upzoning then jurisdictions should ensure projects still pencil by lowering costs in every other area. Streamline permitting, reform building codes, eliminate parking mandates, etc.
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Democrats have got to get it through their brains that spending money does not mean progress. The people don't care how much you spent... they care about how much got built.
They care about RESULTS.
The Chicago affordable housing flub yesterday is yet another example of this.
They care about RESULTS.
The Chicago affordable housing flub yesterday is yet another example of this.
March 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Democrats have got to get it through their brains that spending money does not mean progress. The people don't care how much you spent... they care about how much got built.
They care about RESULTS.
The Chicago affordable housing flub yesterday is yet another example of this.
They care about RESULTS.
The Chicago affordable housing flub yesterday is yet another example of this.
This is the Luka trade of parking requirements
February 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is the Luka trade of parking requirements
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To understand some of these policy domains clearly, we need to break out of the regulatory-deregulatory dichotomy. "Regulation" isn't just a dial you turn up and down, it's thousands of moving parts. So what we need isn't MORE or LESS of it but a regulatory regime that does what we want it to do.
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
To understand some of these policy domains clearly, we need to break out of the regulatory-deregulatory dichotomy. "Regulation" isn't just a dial you turn up and down, it's thousands of moving parts. So what we need isn't MORE or LESS of it but a regulatory regime that does what we want it to do.