The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 months agoApparently you can just build a lot of housing to fix the housing crisis. Way to go, Austin!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down13
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkApparently you can just build a lot of housing to fix the housing crisis. Way to go, Austin!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareMaven (famous)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe graph doesn’t. The title of the post is stating that Austin was able to avoid rent increases by building more housing.
minus-squareelectricyarn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhere is the evidence for that?
minus-squareMaven (famous)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat would be a great question for @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAustin’s recent success in bringing rent costs down after greenlighting a lot of new housing has been pointed to by people in lots of other big cities as proof that it can work.Here’s an article about it.
minus-squareelectricyarn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI just checked the rent in Austin and it’s way higher than it should be.
The graph doesn’t. The title of the post is stating that Austin was able to avoid rent increases by building more housing.
Where is the evidence for that?
That would be a great question for @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
Austin’s recent success in bringing rent costs down after greenlighting a lot of new housing has been pointed to by people in lots of other big cities as proof that it can work.Here’s an article about it.
I just checked the rent in Austin and it’s way higher than it should be.