• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    this is precisely what NIMBYism is. People living in their own homes, who want to force up the value by preventing new homes from being constructed.

    it’s also the reason for the crisis. without that attitude and all the zoning restrictions, our housing market would be much more cheap and flexible. but when you have towns that only permit like 50 new houses a a year, and the population is growing at 3x that, you have a serious problem

    • devedeset@lemmy.zip
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      10 hours ago

      The flip side is when your state mandates allowing 4-6 homes on regular SFH plots and then your property value goes up because you can now build more housing