Yahoo News, July 1, 2021, Bad zoning rules are supercharging America’s affordable housing crisis
Cities across the country are struggling with skyrocketing home prices. As I have previously written, the problem is rooted in the collapse of home construction after the Great Recession — for over a decade, there were not nearly enough homes built to accommodate the growing population, and now many cities are suffering a dire housing shortage. What’s worse, city governments are exacerbating the problem by catering policy to existing wealthy property owners.
