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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j7pnapc wrote

Reply to comment by SomeConstructionGuy in How Can We The Increase Affordable Housing Supply? Ideas? by twentiesforever

National legislation cannot fix this.

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SomeConstructionGuy t1_j7pntkd wrote

What will? Simply encouraging development won’t fix it if most of the new units are owned by huge companies. That’s like trying to lower gas prices by encouraging opec to drill more…

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HappilyhiketheHump t1_j7q5hbr wrote

Nope. State government is your best shot at a framework that might work.
National legislation will only make things worse as square pegs don’t fit into round holes.

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SomeConstructionGuy t1_j7s9myp wrote

I don’t see how Vt state government can address the massive consolidation in algorithmic rental pricing. They don’t have the reach or power. Sure they can address smaller issues such as short term rentals and barriers to development, but those arent the main drivers of the broader housing issues.

I still maintain that it requires regulation of corporate landlords and their pricing practices. That’s an issue for national legislators.

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