<story><title>Is there a housing shortage or not?</title><url>https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/is-there-a-housing-shortage-or-not</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>DoreenMichele</author><text>&lt;i&gt;For instance, consider a simplified model where every family has two kids that live with them until they’re 18.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ACA (Obamacare) extended coverage to age 26 for children because about half of young adults up to age 26 were living with their parents&lt;p&gt;Since WW2, we&amp;#x27;ve torn down about a million SROs.* We have also largely zoned out of existence the ability to build new Missing Middle housing.&lt;p&gt;We have a dire shortage of a certain kind of housing: small,  inexpensive housing near amenities. This is true nationwide.&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Single_room_occupancy#:~:text=Single%20room%20occupancy%20%28more%20commonly%20abbreviated%20to%20SRO%29,a%20bed%2C%20chair%2C%20and%20sometimes%20a%20small%20desk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Single_room_occupancy#:~:tex...&lt;/a&gt;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Is there a housing shortage or not?</title><url>https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/is-there-a-housing-shortage-or-not</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>TimPC</author><text>Georgists have known for a long time about the tendency for land prices to rise in a way that captures a sizeable percentage of the gains of labour (income). This tax on productivity is best solved through a land value tax.</text></comment>