Jonathan Hopkins
Housing and development writer at Strong Towns, arguing that the professional, large-scale housing industry cannot produce widespread affordability no matter how it is deregulated or subsidised.
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Falling rents are the signal that makes developers stop building, so a city cannot build its way to affordability under the current supply model.
To real estate professionals, slowing growth or declines in rent are often signals to stop building new housing.
Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right) Said 30 Jun 2026
Deregulating enough to make housing broadly affordable would mean legalising housing of the quality nobody is willing to defend.
Making housing widely affordable today through the removal of development regulations would require allowing extremely low quality housing.
Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right) Said 30 Jun 2026
Cutting development costs does not cut housing prices, because prices are set by what buyers will pay and the saving is capitalised into land value.
As is the case with most businesses, suppliers in the housing industry generally set prices based on market conditions and what buyers or tenants are willing to pay, rather than on production costs.
Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right) Said 30 Jun 2026
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Housing subsidies cannot scale to the size of the problem, and the YIMBYs are right to say so.
While there are certainly some benefits to these programs, YIMBYs are right to doubt that housing subsidies alone are a scalable solution to affordability challenges.
Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right) Said 30 Jun 2026
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