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DoserMcMoMo t1_j5s205z wrote

Reply to comment by Theotar in Washington state might nix-single family zoning by magenta_placenta

From what I gather, some areas have too many houses, but not enough livable area to meet demand. So instead of building houses (single family residence), they would build a small apartment that could home four- to- six families in a similar footprint. That's the ELI5 of it

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Theotar t1_j5s81oy wrote

Thank you for helping me out! Wonder if this might lead to slowing down housing inflation a bit.

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IllustriousFeed3 t1_j5ubbjc wrote

You would think, but there have been too many new people moving into Washington over the past 15 years and construction just did not keep up. I think we are way behind. I joke, but we really just need large scale Soviet era apartments built (and rented at fair rates) just to offer affordable housing and to our citizens.

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