Public square: ‘Housing needs fixes’
TimesDispatch.com | Public square: ‘Housing needs fixes’
Housing costs in the Richmond area are driving many people out of the market, residents complained at a packed public forum last night.
News flash: People want new houses + limited number of developers + ordinances = high housing costs
Imagine the shock, the horror! Come on people, when you regulate what kind of houses can be built where, you get high costs. Just look at the areas of Ca that have all those open space ordinances. Look at the housing costs there. If you want housing costs to go down, get rid of the zoning and other stupid ordinances that are driving the prices up, take those out and you have a simple supply and demand issue. You’ll get more builders if you remove the ordinances they have to comply with also, as their cost of building goes down.