Everyone wants someone to blame besides the things that actual cause the problem:
* Their NIMBY neighbors
* NIMBY zoning
If you actually show up to local hearings and city council meetings and the like, you see that the housing crisis is mostly local, even if, emotionally, it feels great to blame it on some far off entity: https://bendyimby.com/2024/04/16/the-hearing-and-the-housing...
People who actually study this stuff back this up with numbers:
* Their NIMBY neighbors
* NIMBY zoning
If you actually show up to local hearings and city council meetings and the like, you see that the housing crisis is mostly local, even if, emotionally, it feels great to blame it on some far off entity: https://bendyimby.com/2024/04/16/the-hearing-and-the-housing...
People who actually study this stuff back this up with numbers:
* https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/2/21-going-after-co...
* https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/housing-cr...