ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

There is so much demand and money that prices won't go down.

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• ← The main reason we don't have infinite housing is regulation.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Developers have an incentive to keep rents high overall.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → People who work in the city can't afford to live there.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → NIMBY exists to protect most people's largest financial asset.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← YIMBY policies economically pollute areas with an influx of investment: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Vermont lacks a labor pool to build new housing.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → New luxury apartments are bought by foreign investors who keep them empty.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Wallingford will be valuable and therefore expensive no matter what housing is built.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Housing relies on rising house prices to function in the UK.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Housing shortages are treated as free money by incumbents.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Housing relies on rising house prices to function in the UK.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← The reason more isn’t being built is zoning.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Residents voting may not want to change the system.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Companies concentrate demand for housing in a few areas.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Transportation costs offset savings from living further from urban core: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Local control laws allow anyone to stop development in others' yards.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← The previous Government made anti-supply changes to national planning policy.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← More housing units on the market reduces prices.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← People who work in the city can't afford to live there.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← New luxury apartments are bought by foreign investors who keep them empty.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → House prices in the UK are high because of low supply and buoyant demand.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Wallingford will be valuable and therefore expensive no matter what housing is built.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → Deliberate policy turned homes into speculative assets and locked out a generation.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← We are consciously limiting supply in the Seattle housing market.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → We are consciously limiting supply in the Seattle housing market.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← The city council refuses to allow low cost apartments or assist funding them: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← American life is structured to require a car for transportation.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Cambridge lowers property tax for owner-occupied homes to incentivize residency.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Housing shortages are treated as free money by incumbents.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Deliberate policy turned homes into speculative assets and locked out a generation.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room

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