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Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars by nradov on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @01:17PM (#20812137)
Those low income housing requirements are counterproductive in many ways. You end up with low and high income housing, but those policies are terrible for those in the middle. Too "rich" to qualify for low income housing, but unable to afford market rate.
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Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars by laughinghan on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:48PM (#20813744)
That's not due to inclusionary zoning [1], that's due to the "missing middle" of housing: https://www.sightline.org/2019/02/13/who-would-live-in-missi...

[1]: https://www.sightline.org/2016/11/29/inclusionary-zoning-the...

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Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars by atoav on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @03:07AM (#20817567)
When I said high income I meant “above a certain threshold” and that threshold is certainly also affordable for the middle class, at least over here.

In my book these requirements work quite well, the developer I talked to also didn’t complain because there are some tax benefits so he has no incentive to make the flats more expensive.

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