The belief in quality and low cost are inherently at odds, and affordability requires legal protections that prevent local governments from mandating quality beyond basic safety and health.

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• Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend. JHJonathan Hopkins30 Jun 2026
• 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. DHDaniel Herriges4 Jan 2023
• The government cannot make anything more affordable overall through taxing, spending, borrowing, or regulating. JCJohn H. Cochrane11 Oct 2026
• A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. RKRohit Krishnan26 Aug 2026
• Litigation is the wrong instrument for a public health problem that comes from what people choose to buy. SGScott Greenfield27 Jul 2026

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