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Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis by kec on Friday November 22, 2019 @05:07PM (#21610635)
The parts of California which don’t have a housing problem are, broadly speaking, the parts of California which aren’t attractive to a ton of people as places to live.

The root cause is prop 13 disincentivizes moving around keeping the supply illiquid, and encourages ninbyism preventing new construction, as you’re basically locked in whenever you currently live.

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Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis by jackfoxy on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:14PM (#21611116)
Not just prop 13, but the capital gains part of the tax code.

Used to be you could sell your house for more than you paid and have 2 years to roll it into buying a new house for the same or more money. Now the difference is taxable capital gains regardless of what your new living situation becomes.

IIRC this changed about 20 years ago.

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Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis by riversflow on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:37PM (#21611235)
Wouldn’t people be even more NIMBY if they thought it was going increase their tax rate?
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