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@mizblueprint @pamleo65 @Daojoan Like most things, building gets cheaper if you do it in bulk. A small initial change in how expensive and difficult it is to build things can have outsized impact, as it ripples outwards and changes how much people build, which itself changes how easy it is to build things. Has your city ever considered dropping parking requirements, for example? Loosening zoning laws? Any of the dozens of simple and straightforwards reforms to just let people build?
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I live in Oregon now. We've just eliminated mandatory parking requirements along with the single family zoning.
In the City of Napa, the last two General Plans have increased zoning densities. There are over the counter plan reviews now for most residential construction. Back to my point about short term rentals & housing supply, it is still very expensive to build new housing units, and much more cost effective to preserve existing dwellings.