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James Hansen's avatar

It's a good essay though it's not the whole picture for Langley Township. From 2007-2018 developer fees were heavily suppressed, some of the cheapest in the region, so during that time it wasn't about extracting wealth from developers at all, more about just growing the tax base, with the side effect of producing a bunch of new housing. Now it's different and they have pivoted to a more extractive model, but only because the previous approach led to an infrastructure and facilities deficit.

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Don Redden's avatar

You've accurately described the single most important roadblock to providing more housing that average people can afford.

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