“Housing Roundup #10” by Zvi

There's more campaign talk about housing. The talk of needing more housing is highly welcome, as one prominent person after another (including Jerome Powell!) talking like a YIMBY.

A lot of the concrete proposals are of course terrible, but not all of them. I’ll start off covering all that along with everyone's favorite awful policy, which is rent control, then the other proposals. Then I’ll cover other general happenings.

Table of Contents

1. Rent Control.
2. The Administration Has a Plan.
3. Trump Has a Plan.
4. Build More Houses Where People Want to Live.
5. Prices.
6. Average Value.
7. Zoning Rules.
8. Zoning Reveals Value.
9. High Rise.
10. “Historic Preservation”.
11. Speed Kills.
12. Procedure.
13. San Francisco.
14. California.
15. Seattle.
16. Philadelphia.
17. Boston.
18. New York City.
19. St. Paul.
20. Florida.
21. Michigan.
22. The UK.

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    Outline:

    (00:32) Rent Control

    (07:41) The Administration Has a Plan

    (15:35) Trump Has a Plan

    (16:53) Build More Houses Where People Want to Live

    (17:59) Prices

    (20:14) Average Value

    (21:15) Zoning Rules

    (24:41) Zoning Reveals Value

    (29:01) High Rise

    (30:00) “Historic Preservation”

    (31:49) Speed Kills

    (32:38) Procedure

    (36:25) San Francisco

    (42:28) California

    (44:19) Seattle

    (44:37) Philadelphia

    (45:07) Boston

    (46:28) New York City

    (53:05) St. Paul

    (53:50) Florida

    (54:29) Michigan

    (54:56) The UK

    (55:48) Underutilization

    (58:46) Get on the Bus

    (01:01:01) Title Insurance

    (01:02:36) Perspective

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    First published:
    October 29th, 2024

    Source:
    https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jJqPfzhhCyK5XjtTH/housing-roundup-10

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