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158 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 4h \ on: How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America charts_and_maps

It's almost like letting people build houses is what fixes the price of housing.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h

who'd have thunk

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 4h

yes!

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For the past decade, Austin has been a standard-bearer for the YIMBY (Yes in My Backyard) movement, passing a barrage of policy changes to make it easier to build new housing, especially new apartment buildings. According to a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative, these reforms are responsible in large part for the sharp drop in rents enjoyed by Austinites over the last several years.

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