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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by hunterpayne on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:35AM (#47435695)
You are entirely missing the point. The correct answer is to build 2 houses. The problem with these policies is that they artificially restrict demand. If they didn't do that, nobody would have a problem with them.
Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by chii on Thursday March 19, 2026 @03:16AM (#47435947)
> The correct answer is to build 2 houses

the utopian answer is to build two houses. But we don't live in utopia.

The constraints faced today is real (paper or physical). You can't wish it away, and you can't say it's "easier" to just build two houses.