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  1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 12:51:37 EDT Ji Fu Ji Fu

    It shouldn't be so hard to get people to agree to abolish zoning laws

    "Contrary to nostrums about the United States as a free market paradise, supply of the most important asset for most people — their home — is rationed and highly regulated. Restriction of housing supply levies an implicit tax on the purchase of residences, possibly in the range of 40 percent."
    One Weird Trick to Help Solve the U.S. Housing Crisis https://inthesetimes.com/article/housing-zoning-class-race-segregation-rent

    In conversation Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 12:51:37 EDT from libranet.de permalink

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      One Weird Trick to Help Solve the U.S. Housing Crisis
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      In a new book, Richard Kahlenberg explains that decades of arcane zoning regulations have led to our current system of high rents, restrictions on worker mobility, and racial and economic segregation.
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