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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by rootusrootus on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:05AM (#37643996)
That sounds very unique, to the point of implausibility. Any community with a 1 acre minimum lot by definition doesn't have anything like an enormous housing shortage. That's rural density.
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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by fnimick on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:15AM (#37644132)
You're right, the solution has been fixed as of this April (which I didn't realize until I went looking - thank you!) But up until then, Lexington had a huge housing shortage and skyrocketing prices, with strictly enforced zoning which basically banned all new housing construction. Teachers in the local schools were looking at a housing situation where prices started at around 30x their annual salaries.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/13/business/with-high-co...

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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by antisthenes on Monday September 25, 2023 @02:36PM (#37648526)
> Any community with a 1 acre minimum lot by definition doesn't have anything like an enormous housing shortage. That's rural density.

It could or it couldn't. It depends on how many people currently live there and how many people are _trying_ to live there, and how much is available for sale at any given time (e.g. real estate liquidity).

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