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Jonathan Hopkins's mental models

2 claims Jonathan Hopkins made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Trade-offs. Everything they said here.

Models we see in what they say

Our reading: their claim applies the idea without naming it. The claim is theirs; filing it here is ours.

Incentives

Look at what people are rewarded for; it explains more behaviour than what they say, your own included.

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Falling rents are the signal that makes developers stop building, so a city cannot build its way to affordability under the current supply model.

  1. Jonathan Hopkins Housing and development writer at Strong Towns To real estate professionals, slowing growth or declines in rent are often signals to stop building new housing. Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right)strongtowns.org · 30 Jun 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsTo real estate professionals, slowing growth or declines in rent are often signals to stop building new housing.

    ↗Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right)strongtowns.org

    30 Jun 2026

Trade-offs

Every choice gives something up, so name the cost; and check, because some trade-offs everyone assumes are not real.

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Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend.

  1. Jonathan Hopkins Housing and development writer at Strong Towns Making housing widely affordable today through the removal of development regulations would require allowing extremely low quality housing. Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right)strongtowns.org · 30 Jun 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsMaking housing widely affordable today through the removal of development regulations would require allowing extremely low quality housing.

    ↗Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right)strongtowns.org

    30 Jun 2026