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A comment on Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents. Parent comment

Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by exabrial on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:00PM (#47443332)
No, build more housing.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by CWuestefeld on Thursday March 19, 2026 @03:35PM (#47444715)
That's not a different choice. LVT makes it more expensive to hold land that's less productive than it could be, the result of which is that development is encouraged.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by exabrial on Thursday March 19, 2026 @04:55PM (#47445946)
No, building more housing. Read the article.
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