Posted on 03/26/2024 12:05:31 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The “affordable” housing crisis does not need any plan.
Housing is no different than anything else, it is something people need, something people know how to create, and something investors are willing to put money into.
What needs to happen is not more government, but less government, less of government thinking it can plan housing, and more of government getting out of the way.
Houston TX has no actual zoning and it’s housing market produces the full range of housing and the local housing market rates have not ballooned. Lack of too much goernment control that gets in the way of builders and increases building costs leads to a robust housing market that helps keep prices from ballooning.
I thought your comment was more general than specific, my bad.
“Yes In My Backyard,” This group who formed this - how many families will each of those wizards be taking into their houses?
You know the other day I was curious about Martha’s Vineyard, so I pulled up Google maps and went to the satellite view. There’s LOTS of empty space there! They should build 5-10 of these high rise “apartment” buildings there. (Really a housing project).
no worries
“ We are short around 3 million homes across the country”
What coincidence. FJB imported ten million third worlders.
“an approach that embraces affordable housing development in every community.”
Hmm…everyone in my community can afford to live here. All the houses are occupied. I’m not sure what her problem is.
ULTRA MAGA 2024!!
We don’t have a housing problem we have an imported people problem with no place to put them.
Dear Mortgage Applicant:
Mortgages are no longer available for more than 80% of structural cost.
In the 1920s mortgages were typically limited to 50% of market value.
Brownstones in the past were typically made into apartments after economic downturns.
There were 1.64 million housing starts in a year ending August 2022
There were 4.9 million illegal immigrants crossing the border in the 18 months prior to August 2022.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/03/sb-827/
SACRAMENTO — Taking aim at climate change, highway gridlock and soaring housing costs, a California lawmaker has ignited a red-hot debate with a proposal that would force cities to allow more apartments and condominiums to be built a short walk from train stations and bus stops.
Arguably the most radical in a series of legislative fixes for California’s crippling housing crisis, Senate Bill 827 has the potential to reshape neighborhoods up and down the state, from Berkeley to Los Angeles, by overriding single-family zoning and superceding limits on new housing near public transportation.
“This bill goes right to the heart of what has prevented more building near transit in California,” said Ethan Elkind, who directs the climate program at Berkeley Law School’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. “It would be really transformative. Over the coming decade or so we could have millions of new homes with access to transit.”
SB 827 is the latest attempt by Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, to attack a severe housing shortage widely blamed for runaway rents, astronomical home prices, and the rise of climate-warming “super commutes” from far-flung suburbs.
Housing construction is seen opposite the MacArthur BART station from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
Already, the bill has electrified supporters — including the pro-development YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) coalition sponsoring it — who believe California’s attachment to single-family neighborhoods is strangling the state. And it has inflamed opponents, panicked by the prospect of stripping local government of some of its long-held authority and failure to ensure adequate affordable housing. Beverly Hills city councilman John Mirisch described it on Twitter as “Soviet-style master planning with raging crony capitalism.”
The measure would allow housing developments of four to eight stories within a half mile radius of every BART station, Caltrain stop or other rail hub, and a quarter mile from bus stops with frequent service. The limit would be higher for main streets and developments near bus stops or immediately surrounding the rail stations.
Aroka, TN has a pop of 7K and 6 large storage units, 1 is an existing one, another is 2 years old, and the latest huge ones are being built behind the Walfgres on 51 S. There is no land available, except for small 3 bedroom starter houses about 1,800 sq ft. Small yards.
California sues Huntington Beach over affordable housing
The Associated Press ^ | March 9, 2023 | By AMY TAXIN and ADAM BEAM
https://apnews.com/article/california-affordable-housing-huntington-beach-gavin-newsom-bad6b91b84625ecfa7a09e40745b177d
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California on Thursday sued one of its picturesque coastal cities and accused it of refusing to build more affordable housing, an issue Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called the “original sin” of the state’s housing shortage.
Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Huntington Beach, a city of about 200,000 people along the Southern California coast where the median home sales price is $1.1 million — or more than $300,000 higher than the state average.
Bonta is asking a judge to order Huntington Beach City Council to comply with state housing laws and to punish councilmembers by making them pay a fine.
Bonta said the council has blocked new duplexes in some single-family home neighborhoods, despite a state law requiring them to do it. He also said the council has not allowed new “accessory dwelling units” — small apartments built on a property commonly known as “granny flats.”
Both approaches are a key part of state lawmakers’ strategy to address the state’s housing shortage, which has sent rents and home values soaring while increasing the number of people on the streets. California is home to nearly a third of the nation’s homeless population, according to federal data.
State housing officials say California needs an additional 2.5 million homes by 2030 in order to keep up with demand. But the state builds about 125,000 houses each year, which would leave California well short of that goal.
“This is the colossal challenge that California is confronting,” Bonta said. “The message we’re sending to the city of Huntington Beach is simple: Act in good faith, follow the law and do your part to increase the housing supply. If you don’t, our office will hold you accountable.”
Someone needs to tell my 42-year-old that fact. I warned him, taught him better, Married a spendaholic. He just did his taxes, with deductions and 1 child, #2 due in June, $2,000 in taxes, getting $6,000 back. He best put K’s tuition aside. We are not paying it this year. We both need new glasses. He worked 13 years spot welding, painting, and driving a forklift, so doesn’t lack skills. Lazy. Covid shut the plant down, and delivering pizzas is the best he gets. We are too old to be sitters or provide more money he never pays back.
I’d love a basement, we live in Tornado Alley and on the New Madrid Fault line, and all houses are flat slabs. Nice attic though.
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