Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw up'

Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by johngladtj on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:41PM (#40495020)

>Ask yourself, do Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the US, Britain, Ireland, etc, all have the same inability to build or is there maybe some other common cause?

Do they all have zoning, urban planning requirements, and restrictions on what landowners can do with their property? Yes?

This isn't a complicated issue, this is 100% a self inflicted "problem" that can be solved with the stroke of a pen.

Pro-tip: abolish all restrictions on what landowners can build in the property. No licensing requirements, no filings, no nothing.

The sum total requirement for someone to build something anywhere should be them asking themselves "do I have permission from the landowner to do this?" And getting to work.

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Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by Arainach on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:54PM (#40495120)

That's not a winning formula at all. When my neighbor's DIY grow farm in a shed burns down, the fire spreads and affects me. When my neighbor decides to open a diesel engine repair business, the noise and fumes affect me. Most people don't want that.

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Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by estebank on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:40PM (#40495465)

Segregating housing from industry makes sense, and is what's done everywhere, but segregating housing from services, like coffee shops or day-care, is a very uncommon thing globally.

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Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by h12nz on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @08:02PM (#40506834)

We still have tort law. No need to impose the equivalent of years of average income on buyers, to entertain people’s neuroticism

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Re:Priced out of home ownership – 'It makes me want to throw... by dukeyukey on Monday May 27, 2024 @07:07PM (#40495644)

I _wish_ the UK had zoning. Instead, there is no by-right development, everything has to get it's own individual permission.

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