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Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family... by blululu on Saturday February 11, 2023 @11:17PM (#34759675)
Good point. Thank you for clarifying. The legalization of multi-family homes would not prevent this trend but zoning for owner occupied units seems like a reasonable policy to shift the outcomes.
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Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family... by hacker934 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:52PM (#34766821)
Renting has some benefits over owning. Particularly if you are in a stage in life where it's valuable to change your city.

In America, we have policies that subsidize owning over renting, like the mortgage interest tax deduction. I don't think we need more policies to make renting more expensive.

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