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points by ctmlr 15 hours ago | 0 comments

All of the political representatives are landlords and they control supply through the legal system.

Again, landlord is a customer service job. It's developers that build housing, not landlords. Developers have representation landlords don't. After my city passed new tenant laws the city lost ~15k units which increased rents. In response the city asked landlords how to improve the market then proceeded to do nothing with what they were told.

[–] preg_match 11 hours ago

Basically everyone in the US even kind of wealthy or with any political power owns property. When you own property, the best move in your self interest is to not build more property. Many upper-middle-class peoples wealth is held entirely in their property.

There’s basically no political will anywhere to make it easier to build.

[–] hluska 15 hours ago

If it was this simple, poverty would not be an issue. You’re reducing a serious problem to the most simple slogan and it doesn’t help anyone.