Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice

Re:Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice by andy_ppp on Saturday June 01, 2019 @07:28PM (#20072445)

They aren't, there are no regulations on this. I hope you get what you wish for.

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Re:Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice by strken on Saturday June 01, 2019 @08:11PM (#20072614)

There are usually quite a lot of regulations on dwellings, often including room size, layout, window placement, ceiling height, etc.

The specific "guidelines" for places I've lived are:

The San Francisco guidelines are particularly onerous, but the Victorian guidelines still set e.g. minimum sizes for bedrooms and living areas.

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Re:Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice by geofft on Saturday June 01, 2019 @08:03PM (#20072581)

In the US there certainly are regulations on that!

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Re:Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice by JumpCrisscross on Saturday June 01, 2019 @07:52PM (#20072543)

> there are no regulations on this

Of course there are. FAR limits, zoning rules, all manner of review processes inhibiting construction, et cetera.

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