I mean, food can be made cheaper with less regulation too, that doesnāt mean thatās the right answer or even a good answer. Most of that stuff you mentioned has been in place for a long time. The more recent blowup in cost isnāt directly related.
You do realize itās possible that itās more than one thing that is contributing to the cost of housing, right? ā¦ and not just landlords, despite what lemmy keeps telling everyone.
You understand that the better version of your argument is better regulation, not less regulation, right? Thatās really the core of my point. Plus, the items you mentioned still have other benefits that need to be weighed against (and lack of contractors isnāt even a regulation, itās a possible outcome of some other regulation, which is probably the licensing, but that is even closer to the whole FDA argument I made, and letās be honest, you needed more items for your list).
Edit: and it being a sellerās market is absolutely caused by demand for purchasing, so in the end itās still landlords fault. Theyāre converting too many non-rentals to rentals. Theyāre buying up houses at high costs because it becomes more affordable with more units, therefore driving pricing. It truly is the biggest influence in purchase price. Regulating that would absolutely have a far better effect than deregulating other areas (which still sounds more like they just need better regulation).
I mean in my neck of the woods the issue is less landlords driving up the price as it is influx of California s selling 1000 sqft homes in California for 1 million and being able to pay cash for any affordable house here because we donāt have a supplyā¦ again see my other reason for not having supply
