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  • The WSJ Is Wrong on the Housing Crisis
    My gosh what was I thinking! How can we expect government agencies to look for changes to the problems to the housing problems through such things as changing zoning laws to allow in-law quarters when gross receipts of housing permits will go down, water company’s hookup fees will fall along with sewer hookups?

    I forgot the Sheriff of Nottingham is still alive and well and in competition for our own money.
    May 10 14:31 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • The WSJ Is Wrong on the Housing Crisis
    It seems that the demographics do favor a return to the urban setting because of several factors such as cost of energy to commute and the desire of the newer generations to live closer to the “action”. Politicians and local governmental planning agencies/departments could add a helping hand in the problem to prevent even more housing coming on to the market under the given scenario.

    If the planning departments allowed “granny flats” where possible, Mom and or Dad could easily allow one of the kids to take over the house by either selling or a multiple of other means including gifting and move into the newly built “in-laws” quarters built over the garage, on the side by the pool or wherever.

    It seems that the change to allow more in-laws quarters solves a whole raft of problems such as less housing coming on the market, the added work of construction and the ability to have someone near an aging loved one.

    But the big problem is that politicians and bureaucrats need to get going. That is a slow moving bus!

    May 10 14:25 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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