Incidentally, an econo-blogger I mostly ignore ("American problems") but is very popular on substack - Noah Smith - has a "big picture" look at housing today: https://substack.com/@noahpinion/p-147849831
...which is pretty good. The Singapore story was helpful.
How do you keep up this output level? Where's the team of researchers?
I often just-barely-follow the economics and legal stuff, but what stood out is that everybody is trying but nobody is *sure* what will work. It's like they're trying to start a balky car: "Try this! No? Try that! ... OK, no, try the next thing!"
I keep coming back to "just build it" as a government program. Not normally a thought for me; a real sign of frustration.
Incidentally, an econo-blogger I mostly ignore ("American problems") but is very popular on substack - Noah Smith - has a "big picture" look at housing today: https://substack.com/@noahpinion/p-147849831
...which is pretty good. The Singapore story was helpful.
How do you keep up this output level? Where's the team of researchers?
I often just-barely-follow the economics and legal stuff, but what stood out is that everybody is trying but nobody is *sure* what will work. It's like they're trying to start a balky car: "Try this! No? Try that! ... OK, no, try the next thing!"
I keep coming back to "just build it" as a government program. Not normally a thought for me; a real sign of frustration.
"How do you keep up this output level?"
Thanks! I'm a fast reader, and I think I'm pretty good at summarizing. There's no shortage of stories and reports on housing.
Honestly, the two big bottlenecks to building more housing seem pretty consistent: red tape and high costs.
I wonder what the government emergency-housing response would be to a natural disaster, like an earthquake. Maybe something like the modular housing used in the oil sands, or even pressurized tents. https://www.rofi.com/camp-solutions/rapid-deployment/high-pressure-tents