The supply and demand of housing would be very different if a YIMBY policy agenda was in place.
Right now, it may be possible a rental company could own a large amount of apartments without fear of new units being added.
If YIMBY policies were in place, new apartments could be added within a year or two and in the long-term this would mean housing prices are met by supply and demand. The landlords only have power when supply is artificially capped.
>The supply and demand of housing would be very different if a YIMBY policy agenda was in place
What about the investment in the house and the quality of life of those having the BY? Wouldn't that be very different also, if a serene place with fewer houses becomes a mass housing jungle?
Maybe cities could extend outwards instead of making existing BY hellishly dense?
> Maybe cities could extend outwards instead of making existing BY hellishly dense?
This is what we have been doing. It's not working
> What about the investment in the house and the quality of life of those having the BY?
As the neighborhood gets more dense you'll probably hit a point where the value of your land gets to a point where you can move somewhere slightly out of the city and have a chunk of money in your pocket.
> hellishly dense?
I dont see why you equate density with hellishness, with density comes more services, entertainment options, (ideally transit options) and unless you sell your land is still your land. And generally we're not talking about turning your suburban neighborhood into Manhattan usually more something akin to a european neighborhood.
On the density point - the natural observation is that most people tend to live in high density areas, because that is where most of the housing is. It is possible to have "hellish" density (the worst of a slum somewhere like Hong Kong), but most of the time dense living is simply the standard human option.
The most "hellishly dense" places in the US aren't even as dense as the city of Paris, half of which is parkland, and the other half mostly ordinary six-story apartment buildings.
I don't think hellishly dense cities even exist. There's only hellishly dense neighborhoods and slums. The stereotype some people have is the densest 12 square blocks of Hong Kong extrapolated to the overall size of Hong Kong. Yet if you visit Hong Kong you will find yourself taking a pleasant walk from your hotel, through a park, to a restaurant.
Click any link on the list of densest cities[1] and you will see a lot of low-rises and parks in every one. The ones that are actually hellish are the ones that are car-centric. Dense cities are quite pleasant when you're walking.
Right now, it may be possible a rental company could own a large amount of apartments without fear of new units being added.
If YIMBY policies were in place, new apartments could be added within a year or two and in the long-term this would mean housing prices are met by supply and demand. The landlords only have power when supply is artificially capped.