The White House has come up with a plan to encourage developers to turn unwanted office space into apartments.
      • jimbo@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
        21·
        2年前

        Were there regulations at some point in US history that prevented that?

          • Zippy@lemmy.world
            1·
            2年前

            Not allowing foreign investment is reducing capital for construction. Living in Canada this is not helping like you think.

              • Zippy@lemmy.world
                11·
                2年前

                What economic reality results in more houses being built with less investment.

                We have a lack of houses. Lowering the price will not make houses materialize or do you think some magic will happen?

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2年前

      Landlords being allowed to permanently take rentals off the market (by pretending to do construction work on them forever) to artificially reduce supply and drive up prices is a major problem. This practice used to be blocked by inspection laws that were removed.