How about giving to affordable housing to compensate for driving up land rents in urban areas?https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/738154558417862657 …
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@BillGates@bchesky@nathanblec@jgebbia srsly?4 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
the Airbnb founders. It's $800K/unit to build new housing in SF. Airbnb estimated to take anywhere from 300-2K units in SF alone
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high housing prices are a factor of supply side gov. constraints: rent control, hard to get building permit.
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they are also impacted by the demand side -- employment, job growth, subsidies, alternative or higher-value uses like Airbnb
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ya not disagreeing there. But Gov induced supply side constraints are largest issue
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the government does what the people tell it to do. The people who vote told it to not allow building anything.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
weird obsession w/ older SF residents that they can "own" the culture and identity of a city. Only constant is change.
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