The best proof you can come up with is that mega landlords “may have contributed?” It can’t even state it definitively or quantify how much?
Forgive me if I’m not persuaded.
Meanwhile, I actually live in one of the cities you mentioned, so let me give you some real perspective: even if we assumed that every single one of the 25% of homes owned by institutional investors were being kept vacant for some stupid reason – which, to be clear, they are not – transferring ownership to owner-occupants would only increase the amount of housing available by 33%. In contrast, even just the relatively minor reform of allowing ADUs on all single-family properties would increase it by up to 100%. Rezoning the R1 properties (rich people’s mansions on minimum 2-acre lots) to R4 (“normal” middle-class housing on minimum 9000 sq. ft. lots) would increase it by up to 900% in those formerly R1 areas. And those two zoning changes still remain single-family! If we actually abolished it, we’re talking about thousands of percent increases.
So having read that, which idea do you think actually would have a bigger effect: abolishing institutional real estate investors or zoning reform?
There isn’t a single person here saying that zoning laws don’t need to be changed. The only person here with their undies in a bunch is you, who just can’t seem to accept the fact that ending corporate ownership of single family homes would increase the housing supply and reduce prices. “But it doesn’t do it as much as this other thing!!” Wtf dude what are you even arguing for
The best proof you can come up with is that mega landlords “may have contributed?” It can’t even state it definitively or quantify how much?
Forgive me if I’m not persuaded.
Meanwhile, I actually live in one of the cities you mentioned, so let me give you some real perspective: even if we assumed that every single one of the 25% of homes owned by institutional investors were being kept vacant for some stupid reason – which, to be clear, they are not – transferring ownership to owner-occupants would only increase the amount of housing available by 33%. In contrast, even just the relatively minor reform of allowing ADUs on all single-family properties would increase it by up to 100%. Rezoning the R1 properties (rich people’s mansions on minimum 2-acre lots) to R4 (“normal” middle-class housing on minimum 9000 sq. ft. lots) would increase it by up to 900% in those formerly R1 areas. And those two zoning changes still remain single-family! If we actually abolished it, we’re talking about thousands of percent increases.
So having read that, which idea do you think actually would have a bigger effect: abolishing institutional real estate investors or zoning reform?
There isn’t a single person here saying that zoning laws don’t need to be changed. The only person here with their undies in a bunch is you, who just can’t seem to accept the fact that ending corporate ownership of single family homes would increase the housing supply and reduce prices. “But it doesn’t do it as much as this other thing!!” Wtf dude what are you even arguing for