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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone seen a study about the actual type of housing that there is a shortage of? Is it actually just family housing? If so, why don't we mandate larger units built in all of the developments going up as part of the tax deal. It seems like there is a lot of development going on without rezoning. Are they just building the type we don't need (bc it is more profitable)? If so, what makes people think they'll build family housing once the rezoning is pushed through?[/quote]

What is "family housing"? Also if builders were building housing types nobody wanted to live in, then that wouldn't be more profitable; in fact, they'd lose a lot of money and stop doing it and/or go bankrupt.

Here are a few articles about barriers to building larger (3/4-bedroom) units:

https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/4/23/23686130/housing-apartments-family-yimby-nimby-zoning-suburbs
https://www.centerforbuilding.org/blog/we-we-cant-build-family-sized-apartments-in-north-america
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-27/why-are-there-no-apartments-for-families-in-the-city-who-builds-what-and-why[/quote]

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