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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by estearum on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @05:44PM (#46534260)
Not true.

Cost of living is high because local incomes are high which increases the price of land and labor which increases the price of building.

Restrictive zoning is bad for lots of reasons, but solving it does not solve affordability.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w33694

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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by postflopclarity on Thursday January 08, 2026 @10:44AM (#46542344)
that's a great paper, but did you read it? I don't see the authors reaching this conclusion. in fact, they seem pretty emphatic that restrictive zoning is a major driver of supply bottlenecks.
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