When it comes to addressing the housing crisis, few people think about zoning. The correlation isn’t easily apparent, despite this being the most powerful tool cities have.

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    1 year ago

    few people think about zoning.

    Huh? In my experience, that’s the first thing people think about.

    Hell, a significant number of housing-related articles posted here are about suggesting alternative affordability solutions to remind us that there are other approaches we can try when trying to fix zoning has been unsuccessful.

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      I think it’s easy to forget communities like this one, twitter, or even city-related subreddits are still very, very small fractions of the general population. People I talk to outside these bubbles are shocked to learn it’s practically illegal to build an apartment in 80% of the land in Vancouver and Toronto, or the further implications on affordability.