ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

Deliberate policy turned homes into speculative assets and locked out a generation.

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• → More housing units on the market reduces prices.: 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
• → Housing shortages are treated as free money by incumbents.: 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
• ← Residents voting may not want to change the system.: 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
• → NIMBY exists to protect most people's largest financial asset.: 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 main reason we don't have infinite housing is regulation.: 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
• → Transportation costs offset savings from living further from urban core: 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
• ← House prices in the UK are high because of low supply and buoyant demand.: 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
• ← People who work in the city can't afford to live there.: 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
• → Developers have an incentive to keep rents high overall.: 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
• ← YIMBY policies economically pollute areas with an influx of investment: 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
• → There is so much demand and money that prices won't go down.: Why is housing unaffordable in our cities? public-record room

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