ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

We are consciously limiting supply in the Seattle housing market.

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• → Developers have an incentive to keep rents high overall.: 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
• → The city council refuses to allow low cost apartments or assist funding them: 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
• → 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
• ← NIMBY exists to protect most people's largest financial asset.: 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
• → The main reason we don't have infinite housing is regulation.: 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
• → YIMBY policies economically pollute areas with an influx of investment: 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
• ← The previous Government made anti-supply changes to national planning policy.: 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
• → 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
• ← There is so much demand and money that prices won't go down.: 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

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