To escape the housing crisis, we need a lot of housing to be built quickly. The key isn't large, ponderous projects; it's fast, widespread incremental development.
Unfortunately, for every one person willing to look into the potential advantage of new building there’s a dozen who will refuse. Of course, for many of them there actually is no tangible benefit. Those people frankly just need to be made to suck it up.
Hey, we all have our takes but I’m curious where you see the demand for looser zoning from existing homeowners. Theoretically you’re right but people would rather lose money than chop up their property and let strangers live on it. Now look at places that build a lot like Japan and China, they didn’t get that way by appealing to people’s common sense or self interest, they enforced targets from the top down and didn’t take no for an answer. I suspect that’s the only way to do it.
Unfortunately, for every one person willing to look into the potential advantage of new building there’s a dozen who will refuse. Of course, for many of them there actually is no tangible benefit. Those people frankly just need to be made to suck it up.
Your impression, not mine. Disagree completely. Nope, not a viable strategy.
Hey, we all have our takes but I’m curious where you see the demand for looser zoning from existing homeowners. Theoretically you’re right but people would rather lose money than chop up their property and let strangers live on it. Now look at places that build a lot like Japan and China, they didn’t get that way by appealing to people’s common sense or self interest, they enforced targets from the top down and didn’t take no for an answer. I suspect that’s the only way to do it.