Why build a ranch when you can build a 2flat or multi family unit that takes up the entire lot
Because MULTIFAMILY IS LITERALLY PROHIBITED BY LAW. How many times do I have to say it?!
I realize that it’s cool on Lemmy to hate the capitalists and all that (and I don’t even disagree!), but in this case it’s the racists and NIMBYs and car-brains that y’all really have beef with. The developers are just working within the system that those groups insisted upon creating.
Edit: silent downvoters are too cowardly to respond to defend their position.
You’re not wrong, but developers have a lot of pull in local government and their influence on those policies shouldn’t be overlooked. They’re also pushing for single-family zoning because the profit margins on those are higher than on multi-family.
As someone very involved in local politics, it’s been my experience that the NIMBYs have way more influence than the developers.
Also, the “profit margins are higher on single-family than multi-family” is a result of the zoning, not a reason for it. If zoning were reformed to be sane, profit margins on multifamily would be higher (in part, for example, because land zoned for multifamily wouldn’t be artificially inflated in price due to extreme scarcity).
Because MULTIFAMILY IS LITERALLY PROHIBITED BY LAW. How many times do I have to say it?!
I realize that it’s cool on Lemmy to hate the capitalists and all that (and I don’t even disagree!), but in this case it’s the racists and NIMBYs and car-brains that y’all really have beef with. The developers are just working within the system that those groups insisted upon creating.
Edit: silent downvoters are too cowardly to respond to defend their position.
You’re not wrong, but developers have a lot of pull in local government and their influence on those policies shouldn’t be overlooked. They’re also pushing for single-family zoning because the profit margins on those are higher than on multi-family.
As someone very involved in local politics, it’s been my experience that the NIMBYs have way more influence than the developers.
Also, the “profit margins are higher on single-family than multi-family” is a result of the zoning, not a reason for it. If zoning were reformed to be sane, profit margins on multifamily would be higher (in part, for example, because land zoned for multifamily wouldn’t be artificially inflated in price due to extreme scarcity).