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There need to be penalties for underutilization to make underutilizing expensive. We need regulation to change the economics, because the economics favor underutilization. [b]Urbanists oppose regulation.[/b] [/quote]

What? No. First of all, notwithstanding the OP, urbanists do not belong to a cult. Many different urbanists have many different opinions about many different things. Second of all, like everybody else, people who are urbanists support regulation of some things and oppose regulation of other things.[/quote]

So do you agree that a developer deciding to build a SFH in a multifamily zone is every bit as harmful to affordable housing as zoning only allowing a SFH? If so, what do you propose doing about it? What about building less than the authorized number of units in areas zoned for high rise? Or perpetually delaying projects to avoid "stressing the market?" All of those actions are private decisions with public consequences. The predominant line of thinking among urbanists seems to be that we need to subsidize market rate construction. That's a terrible use of public funds.

DC has approved more than enough units to address need, so I'm challenged to understand why all of the ire is directed at laws and NIMBYs but none is directed at people who are permitted to build more but are not because they want bigger margins.[/quote]

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