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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend. Deregulating enough to make housingbroadly affordable would meanlegalising housing of the qualitynobody is willing to defend. JH Jonathan Hopkins — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by tradesthat barely coordinate witheach other, which is whatmakes housing cheap to design… BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. — tap to centre the map on it Affordability is not aproperty of a building; it isa price set in a transaction,so there is no such thing as… DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2023-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. — tap to centre the map on it Building a lot of housing inan expensive city will notlower rents there; it lowersthem in the cheaper places… DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building materials are already about as cheap as civilisation knows how to make them, so cheaper materials are not where housing savings will come from. — tap to centre the map on it Building materials are alreadyabout as cheap as civilisationknows how to make them, socheaper materials are not… BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building more housing in a city raises its local prices, because density is what people are moving there for. — tap to centre the map on it Building more housing in acity raises its local prices,because density is what peopleare moving there for. SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-05-01 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2023-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Chinese factory workers are more motivated than American ones because what they want has been getting cheaper against their wages while American housing has not. — tap to centre the map on it Chinese factory workers aremore motivated than Americanones because what they wanthas been getting cheaper… MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-12-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting development costs does not cut housing prices, because prices are set by what buyers will pay and the saving is capitalised into land value. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting development costs doesnot cut housing prices,because prices are set by whatbuyers will pay and the saving… JH Jonathan Hopkins — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Data centres mostly take farmland, of which America has too much, rather than housing land, of which it has too little. — tap to centre the map on it Data centres mostly takefarmland, of which America hastoo much, rather than housingland, of which it has too… AM Andy Masley — holds since 2026-05-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend. Holds Jonathan Hopkins Read this korrent →