Jonathan Hopkins
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Housing and development writer at Strong Towns, arguing that the professional, large-scale housing industry cannot produce widespread affordability no matter…
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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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. (opens korrents.com)
“To real estate professionals, slowing growth or declines in rent are often signals to stop building new housing.”
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Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend. (opens korrents.com)
“Making housing widely affordable today through the removal of development regulations would require allowing extremely low quality housing.”
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Cutting development costs does not cut housing prices, because prices are set by what buyers will pay and the saving is capitalised into land value. (opens korrents.com)
“As is the case with most businesses, suppliers in the housing industry generally set prices based on market conditions and what buyers or tenants are willing to pay, rather than on production costs.”
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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. (opens korrents.com)