Restricting the supply of new single family homes, assuming no change in demand, will absolutely drive up prices.

Maybe some people will be content living in a multi-family home instead. Others will continue to want single-family homes.

I agree with the principle. not sure that a state-wide mandate is the way to go about it. feels... ham-fisted.

We honestly need more density in the cities, especially for people who can’t drive and who can’t live in the multi-story townhomes currently being built.

Why can’t we have both…?

Anyone know the orgs behind this push that got it considered to being pushed into a bill?

yeah, that's precisely it, except no McMansions, but condos or apartment buildings instead. In order to make a profit, the developers will have to up the prices. Nothing comes in cheap. That much sudden density will cause traffic jams on roads not designed to take in that many cars, but maybe, decades later, the public transit infrastructure will become developed enough to help.

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At best, I see this as a heavy-handed attempt to force the cities and suburbs to densify, but it'll come with a lot of pain for the next 15, 20 years.

Nope! It’s been heard in committee and is eligible to be voted on in committee.

it's really unclear that this would pass. It's an attempt to force higher density new constructions in urban environments.

I haven't heard of state-wide mandates for higher housing density.

In my opinion, densifying is not a bad thing, but the infrastructure isn't necessarily made to support it, so this could cause a lot of really bad traffic jams.

I can also see that people will go further and further out to get the single family homes they crave causing more exoburbs and suburban sprawl.

so, I applaud the sentiment, but I doubt that the measure will pass, and, if it does, that this won't generate a lot of problems.

Thank you for helping me out! Wonder if this might lead to slowing down housing inflation a bit.

Link social security numbers to homes, 1 per until we get shit figured out.

if it passes, that sounds like a whole lot of condos and apartment buildings for cities, and a whole lot of people moving out further and further to get the single family housing they want...

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Free market? And I’d love to see your equation of how this will “drive up the prices of single family homes” ?

That...sounds good? Having a yard is fine, but there are so many people that don't need one and are willing to give it up for other things.

From what I gather, some areas have too many houses, but not enough livable area to meet demand. So instead of building houses (single family residence), they would build a small apartment that could home four- to- six families in a similar footprint. That's the ELI5 of it

I just applied for a place like this in Tacoma, it’s brand new and sensible.

You are required to take a new one.

Look at what happened in Kirkland if you think this will fix the issue. The Cottage housing inventory was passed to allow homes to be able to build multiple homes on a lot in order to increase housing and make it more affordable. What’s been happening (1) starter home are being torn down for McMansions. I’ve seen a perfectly fine move in rambler bought for $1.25. The developers split the lot in half, built a McMansion on one half with no yard for $3.2 mil and trying to sell other lot for $1.35. (2) home continuously being built on smaller and smaller lots. The homes have virtually no yard and start at $1.2mil +. (3) homes being built in crazy space where they should be built. I literally saw a home for sale for $1.4mil with a home literally in its front year that’s $1.2mil.

So developers are just squishing more and more homes into smaller lots and causing land values to go through the roof so an average family can’t afford anything in the area, even fixer upper starter homes.

Much better to have the govt tell you what you can and can’t do with your land /s

Damn liberals and their... wanting to reform antiquated zoning laws.

Developers: it won’t.

200k people is a town? According to the census, you need about a 50K+ people to make a metropolitan area.

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