ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

People who work in the city can't afford to live there.

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Links a room could not settle (18)

• → Companies concentrate demand for housing in a few areas.: 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
• ← Wallingford will be valuable and therefore expensive no matter what housing is built.: 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
• ← Proposition 13 limited annual property tax increases in California.: 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
• ← NIMBY exists to protect most people's largest financial asset.: 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 are many under-utilized spaces for new construction in the Bay Area.: 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
• ← Transportation costs offset savings from living further from urban core: 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
• ← Local control laws allow anyone to stop development in others' yards.: 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
• → NIMBY exists to protect most people's largest financial asset.: 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
• → American life is structured to require a car for transportation.: 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