ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

New luxury apartments are bought by foreign investors who keep them empty.

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• → Housing shortages are treated as free money by incumbents.: 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
• → More housing units on the market reduces prices.: 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
• ← There is so much demand and money that prices won't go down.: 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
• → Deliberate policy turned homes into speculative assets and locked out a generation.: 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
• ← Companies concentrate demand for housing in a few areas.: 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
• → Cambridge lowers property tax for owner-occupied homes to incentivize residency.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room

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