Why building more won’t make houses affordable
Photo by Larry Snickers: Pexels.com YIMBY versus NIMBY Historically, land use zones and restrictive development controls have operated as barriers to new and more diverse housing development. Dubbed ‘exclusionary zoning’, in many parts of the United States, for instance, restrictive ‘single family’ zones continue to prevent multi-unit dwellings and apartments. Often local communities oppose changes … [Read more…]