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America lacks housing regulations similar to Germany and the Netherlands → Deregulation worsened housing affordability in the US
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Neighbors feel frustrated when high-rises replace single-family homes.
Transportation costs offset savings from living further from urban core.
Developers have an incentive to keep rents high.
Zoning bottlenecks housing changes, leading to abrupt shifts in types.
People resist newcomers to maintain their standard of living.
There is practically zero inventory of well-built condos.
More density leads to a downgrade in quality of life for residents.
The city council refuses to allow low cost apartments or assist funding them
Millennials are having fewer kids, making cities more attractive.
Homeowners often oppose young people and racial minorities in neighborhoods.
Replacing a $100k home with five $200k apartments raises one price.
High housing prices push people to outer boundaries for housing.
Voters can't vote in municipalities where they don't live.
YIMBYs ignore short and medium term consequences of their policies
Homeowners vote for policies that guarantee asset appreciation.
There are illegal to build 5-8 story apartment buildings in SF.
House prices in outlying areas declined due to poor transportation.
Unused land exists near cities that can't scale up.
Vulnerable families live away from cities because they can't afford housing there.
Deregulation worsened housing affordability in the US
Lower and middle class voters do not vote for housing regulations.
Single-family homes are more expensive than multi-family housing.
California laws preempt zoning and lawsuits to stop transit and densification.
Restrictive zoning regulations limit building multi-family units on land.
YIMBYs are hurting poor and middle class people with their victories
Americans resist urban planning that limits large single-family homes.
Opposition to density is driven by greed and property value concerns.
Building more cities could help housing affordability.
People can't afford housing where the jobs are because there isn't enough housing available.
People moving to the west coast are causing housing problems.
Developers have an incentive to keep rents high and housing markets tight.
Buying a house far away can lead to high fuel costs.
City officials are homeowners, so they support NIMBY measures.
Proposition 13 limited property tax increases in California in the 70s.
Increasing the supply of housing will lower the price.
Increased demand drives housing affordability for others.
Increasing the supply of housing will raise the price in the short term
Real estate scarcity and need for housing causes homes to be financial assets.
Network effects keep people on the West Coast instead of relocating.
Allowing financial hardship deferral prevents taxing people out of homes.
The lack of good schools and affordable houses in cities is a deal killer.
YIMBY policies economically pollute areas they upzone with investment influx
Limited housing supply leads to high rents and homelessness.
Traffic will increase if housing is increased without restrictions.
Housing cannot be both a good investment and affordable.
Federal land ownership limits options for city expansion.
High paid tech workers drive up housing prices.
Encouraging price bubbles leads to predatory real estate practices.
Cosmopolitan cities tend to be far more expensive than local culture cities.
Local control in California law allows anyone to stop development.
A city's land is a scarce resource that cannot be freely allocated.
Upzoning can make the cost of land per unit affordable.
The city council refuses to say no to the luxury condo makers
California's lack of by right zoning creates uncertainty for developers.
Tysons developed in response to the stricter zoning in DC.
Decades of car-centric city planning is responsible for lack of public transport.
The state refuses to let Bloomington annex more land
Treating housing as an investment causes cities to be broken.
Existing property owners oppose policies that decrease property value.
Coastal cities have better weather and access to trade.