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Originally Posted by C.
I'm a little surprised this news article didn't generate any discussions. This is a big move into what has been previously seen as a local responsibility, but perhaps a necessary one to address a national housing shortage. I personally like the carrot approach. So it's not a heavy mandate, but an opportunity for a city to revamp their zoning codes in exchange for more infrastructure funding.
Some communities will pass, but it will help out communities that may be struggling all by unlocking their land values.
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It is NOT necessary to address the housing shortage. I can point to large swaths of San Francisco, for example, which at least pre-pandemic had one of the nation's worst housing shortages, where midrise buildings could be built in 1-2 story commercial strips without breaking into areas of single family homes at all. For those who know the city, there's Geary, Clement, Third, Mission and just about all of SOMA. When every lot on those streets and neighborhoods have gone 9-12 floor, we can talk about busting into single family 'hoods. I don't expect to be alive then.