Expanding Housing Supply Slows Rent Growth in Older, Affordable Units
New housing construction can help slow rent growth and reduce rent burdens for low-income families, while blocking construction can worsen rent burdens and increase displacement.
New housing construction can help slow rent growth and reduce rent burdens for low-income families, while blocking construction can worsen rent burdens and increase displacement.
Progressives need to confront the tradeoff denial that prevents meaningful change and accept imperfection in order to build homes that meet multiple values, rather than trying to uphold every ideal simultaneously.