Alex Pemberton
@yellowbrickurban.com
Real estate bro on a planner/researcher detour. Focus on how real estate markets build cities, how regulation shapes real estate markets, and how urban battlefields entrench segregation.
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When planners promote DADUs while preserving provisions that make them unfinanceable—owner-occupancy requirements, separate-sale prohibitions, etc.—they are planning for a wider privilege gap.
Only rich households can benefit from DADU income, giving their kids a leg up, saving on elder care, etc.
Only rich households can benefit from DADU income, giving their kids a leg up, saving on elder care, etc.
October 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When planners promote DADUs while preserving provisions that make them unfinanceable—owner-occupancy requirements, separate-sale prohibitions, etc.—they are planning for a wider privilege gap.
Only rich households can benefit from DADU income, giving their kids a leg up, saving on elder care, etc.
Only rich households can benefit from DADU income, giving their kids a leg up, saving on elder care, etc.