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Re:Supply Constraints Do Not Explain House Price, Quantity G... by prawn on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @11:00AM (#43412918)
I'm not sure that's an experiment we'd see unfold due to NIMBYism. (Not commenting on whether that's an appropriate reaction, just that it's inevitable.) So I wonder if within realistic constraints it's still a fairly safe assumption?
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Re:Supply Constraints Do Not Explain House Price, Quantity G... by harrison_clarke on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @12:14PM (#43413954)
the city i'm in has done it up to 4 units. it's pretty recent (less than a year, i think), so i don't expect to see much effect yet

NIMBYs did indeed get involved: you can build up to 4 units in basically any residential zone except for the "rich people" part of town

more cities seem to be doing this sort of thing. hopefully we'll have more/better papers on it in the near future. (and hopefully it works)

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