My Dad lives just outside the Villages. It's actually a great lifestyle with everything you need there. Heaven for golfers.
End car and home ownership?
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They’re the reason a 2 bed 1 1/2 bath 1200 square ft ranch house with a galley kitchen costs $1,300,000 in the Bay Area.
Who are the Bay Area’s NIMBYs—and what do they want?
Anti-development groups, which have largely flown under San Francisco’s political radar, have won elections, secured appointments, and halted high-density developments.sf.curbed.com
I thought we're talking about the nationwide housing shortage. Not about why real estate is expensive in San Francisco.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Too many eyes on everything you do for my liking. The last thing I need is someone questioning why I'm blowing up my St Augustine lawn. Anyway, I'm more of a east coast kind of guy.
newolddude
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The national housing shortage is due to single housing zoning restrictions.
A wealthy suburb by me with 3500 sq ft 4+ bedroom big houses on 1 acres lots has an issue as all the boomers in it have their kids gone and dont need that much house. A developer came in to build townhomes on the thought the boomers would transition to those. We’re talking nice townhomes on decent lots and high prices.
Canceled due to zoning.
Heck half the east coast lives in the Villages. Just about zero crime, tons of entertainment, can drive a golf cart all the time if you want. But it has gotten expensive so I'll never live there. But definitely enjoyed all the amenities from my Dad's.
newolddude
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Zoning Changes Help Families
Creating building opportunities and choices for all.
my.spokanecity.org
A reality check on Charlotte’s single-family zoning changes
charlotte.axios.com
Affordable Housing Trust talks new units in Westborough
The Westborough Affordable Housing Trust is interested in building affordable units on town-owned land off Endicott Drive.
www.communityadvocate.com
newolddude
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HOAs are evil.
The HOA in my mother’s neighborhood wrote her a warning for the Christmas wreath on her door because it had tiny little LED bulbs.
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
You can't have my bugs.
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
Mine are gourmet.
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
More money in renting/leasing property.
Then why has the housing shortage only become an acute problem recently? Zoning restrictions have been around for a long time.
newolddude
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Population growth is outpacing construction. Plus as America gets older and household sizes decline people don’t need 3000sq ft (or more) of living space.
That all started within the last year or two and is thanks to zoning restrictions?
Yeah, let in three million illegals in 1.5 years. Surprise, we have a housing shortage!
newolddude
Well-Known Member
No. The issue has been growing for years.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
By east, I meant the Space or Treasure coast.
The housing shortage has been a thing for years and we've just been hearing about it over the last year or two? Was the housing shortage, say, 80% of what it is now 5 years ago and it's finally reached a point at which alarm bells are going off all of the sudden?
Oh, was thinking Jersey. I used to grouse as a teenager that when my great grandparents moved to Florida in 1921 they moved to the woods in the middle of the state instead to the coast. Never dreamed we'd have all the amenities come to us. Problem is we now have big city traffic.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
I can't imagine hot Florida was pre air conditioning?
We didn't have AC in our house in the 60's. The worst thing was the mosquitoes.
