ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

Property rights give owners priority access to land.

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Links a room could not settle (13)

• → Residents voting may not want to change the system.: 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
• ← NIMBY exists to protect most people's largest financial asset.: 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
• → America adds 600k-1.2M immigrants per year, straining limited supply: 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
• → Housing shortages are treated as free money by incumbents.: 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
• → Cambridge lowers property tax for owner-occupied homes to incentivize residency.: 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
• → Housing relies on rising house prices to function in the UK.: 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

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