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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by jjmarr on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:24AM (#47435649)
The regulation is single family zoning. Zoning makes it impossible to stack high rise apartment buildings in the areas that people want to live in.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by bpt3 on Thursday March 19, 2026 @07:25AM (#47437592)
People want to live in those areas because of the lower density. Remove that and they become much less desirable.
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