ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

Companies concentrate demand for housing in a few areas.

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• ← People who work in the city can't afford to live there.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← Companies prefer regional housing crises over investing in second tier cities.: 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
• → New luxury apartments are bought by foreign investors who keep them empty.: 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
• ← New luxury apartments are bought by foreign investors who keep them empty.: 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
• ← There are many under-utilized spaces for new construction in the Bay Area.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• → High density development happens without necessary transit investment.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room
• ← There is so much demand and money that prices won't go down.: 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
• ← America adds 600k-1.2M immigrants per year, straining limited supply: 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
• ← We are consciously limiting supply in the Seattle housing market.: 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
• → More housing units on the market reduces prices.: 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
• → House prices in the UK are high because of low supply and buoyant demand.: 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
• ← Property rights give owners priority access to land.: 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 main reason we don't have infinite housing is regulation.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room

Every room keeps its own record: its map, its rules, and every judged pair with its votes, downloadable from the room. ← The atlas