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> The biggest unmet need is housing, and in most areas that is definitely supply constrained.

> The biggest unmet need is housing, and in most areas that is definitely supply constrained. Outside of places like San Francisco (urban areas with strong political resistance to redevelopment and geography which limits nearby alternatives), that's a tolerable approximation of truth only over very short terms, as increases market clearing costs for housing spur investment and (re)development elsewhere.

Posted by dragonwriter on Oct 6, 2017, 5:41 PM

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> The biggest unmet need is housing, and in most areas that is definitely supply constrained.

dragonwriterOct 6, 2017, 5:41 PM

> The biggest unmet need is housing, and in most areas that is definitely supply constrained. Outside of places like San Francisco (urban areas with strong political resistance to redevelopment and geography which limits nearby alternatives), that's a tolerable approximation of truth only over very short terms, as increases market clearing costs for housing spur investment and (re)development elsewhere.

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