Housing Supply Debate
The cluster debates whether building more housing can solve affordability crises, homelessness, and related issues, with arguments both for increasing supply and claims that it's insufficient alone.
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Building more housing won't solve that.
Building more housing won't solve that.
Solely building housing isn't sufficient: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22068372
Not if there isn't enough housing.
The issue isn't solely lack of housing.
Supply-side solution to housing problem?
The lack of affordable housing seems to be a feature, not a bug.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned building more housing.
People don't like being told that the problem is a housing shortage.
That would fall under "build more housing".