Zoning contributes to why corporate landlords are buying up those single family homes. The profits are guaranteed when localities haven't allowed for the supply of housing to increase with demand. Those same corporations will probably lobby politicians to keep the supply low, like NIMBYs do.
I'm fairly familiar with the why as explained in the article. But what are the options for how to solve this?
NIMBYism is rampant and benefits those who oppose changing zoning laws, even if collectively the benefits of altering zoning are greater. NIMBYs have no incentive to change, and people looking for somewhere to live don't have a say in communities they want to move into.
Feds and State governments can step in and remove local control. Knowledge work is going to be remote first though in general now since we have the technologies to do that.
People who complain about housing costing too much maybe haven't looked into how much materials and labor cost to build something. You aren't going to see a bunch of cheap houses being built because it simply costs too much money.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 26.5 ms ] threadNIMBYism is rampant and benefits those who oppose changing zoning laws, even if collectively the benefits of altering zoning are greater. NIMBYs have no incentive to change, and people looking for somewhere to live don't have a say in communities they want to move into.