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Facing mounting pressure from a growing cohort of pro-housing YIMBY activists and increasingly grim economic and social impacts—including a sharp increase in the number of rent-burdened households and the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness—state-level legislators have begun to take action where municipal leaders have thus far stopped short.
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About time. This museum mentality has to go. Build housing and provide affordable units along with decreasing the overall price of units (via the extra supply). The cities are limited by the museum mentality. Time to jam construction down the throats of municipality NIMBYS.
And yes, grim and social impacts it does have, sticking with the anti-construction mentality that is.
With such demand, its time to provide the supply.
When you turn certain metros into un-affordable basket cases, people leave for other states or cheaper region. This is bad for the local/regional economy. Why should California have such economic leakage and drive business/residents away.
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These changes could make deed-restricted affordable housing an additional major force in resolving the crisis by incentivizing—rather than requiring
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