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Housing affordability is almost the direct inverse of how many new homes are built, so the answer is to build more houses.

Drawn from what Pieter Levels and Noah Smith said

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    Pieter Levels 18 Aug 2026

    The chart of housing affordability is almost a direct inverse of how many new homes are built It's that simple Build more houses!

    The chart of housing affordability is almost a direct inverse of how many new homes are builtlevels.io

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    Noah Smith 25 Mar 2024

    This is exactly how building market-rate housing — even fancy “luxury” market-rate housing — makes housing more affordable in general.

    Market-rate housing will make your city cheapernoahpinion.blog

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