Is the "housing shortage" overblown?

There is not really a shortage of housing. There is a shortage of what people consider to be affordable homes in desirable areas.

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There is not really a shortage of housing. There is a shortage of what people consider to be affordable homes in desirable areas

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Crime/ decaying cities take huge anm off inventory off the market. Revitalizing cities- having sensible public policy- ie not allowing Democrats to run cities into the ground - would result in a massive amounts of real estate being available. But if we just have de facto no go zones for law abiding family types, and we keep moving further and further out of cities- we will have to rely on the creation of new construction inventory .

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Yep. You can hyper localize this and take this right to LSU. Cheap and convenient student housing right off campus and in Tigerland is all now basically off market to students, so these big mega student “luxury” apartment complexes were built farther off campus and cost more. And they have to keep building them to meet student housing demand.

Ghetto shitholes have such big ramifications long term for cities because they are full of perfect older, cheap starter apartments homes that single people or new families would buy, but can’t do so because they aren’t safe. So now they have to pay more to live in more inconvenient locations. It’s sad reality if current America

More of an out of control inflation and mortgage rate problem than a housing shortage

There's a massive shortage of affordable homes in low crime/safe areas.

They are all bunkkkkked up in Florida living the dream here from what I can tell. The market for the backyard whack-off/call-of-duty shed for the ne’er-do-well long-term houseguest must be booming.

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That and there’s a real lack of legitimate, affordable starter homes in even “decent” areas of a lot of cities. You shouldn’t have to live in the hood just to avoid buying something a solid bedroom and 400 square feet bigger than what you actually need.

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There will never be a resurgence of the old affordable neighborhoods with houses close to the city. Segregation of schools allowed for this. White folks simply just dont want to send their kids to schools where they are in constant fear and wont learn anything

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I don’t live in Louisiana, but this idea of urban decay is the exact opposite of what’s happened in Tennessee. 20 years ago downtown Nashville was basically half of what it is now. Downtown Knoxville was almost dead. Areas like East Nashville were dangerous and North Knoxville had very few businesses. Now both downtowns are busy and growing. East Nashville and North Knoxville are filled with millennial homeowners, breweries, and good restaurants. Cities here aren’t decaying, they are thriving

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Atlanta is the same way. Not downtown but the neighborhoods in W.Midtown and the eastern sections of the city(Grant Park, Kirkwood, East Lake, E.Atlanta, Virginia Highland) have exploded the last 15 years and the city has gentrified to the point that it is no longer majority-minority.

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Absolutely true…unfortunately, neighborhoods like you describe quickly go to shite. Most people don’t like to hear it, but the key is to have a strong homeowner’s association.

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Redlining was a thing for a reason.