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Re:Los Angeles is spending up to $837k to house a single hom... by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:26PM (#30457553)
They can choose anywhere to build, the government controls zoning, and they're making apartments. Doesn't that get past all the big systemic cost problems?

Though the article doesn't actually say anything about average costs or cost per type of unit, and since this is a professional news outlet they don't link their sources...

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Re:Los Angeles is spending up to $837k to house a single hom... by Kalium on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:44PM (#30457764)
> Doesn't that get past all the big systemic cost problems?

You would think so! Unfortunately, this is not the case. In SF, some of the systemic issues are planning processes voted into the city charter decades ago, so the city doesn't get to bypass them. Some of the larger issues, such as land price and CEQA, are state-wide issues that cities can't avoid.

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Re:Los Angeles is spending up to $837k to house a single hom... by bbarnett on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:54PM (#30457898)
The people control zoning, and thus, where things are built.
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