tjrileywisc t1_j8p66qw wrote on February 15, 2023 at 11:12 PM

Great answers here. I'd also add that single family homes are also very much luxury housing, in that they frequently have many of the same amenities as so called 'luxury' apartments while also enjoying many subsides on the public dime.

(developers: please just call them 'new' unless you're saying something truly unique, you're not doing anyone any favors)

SuckMyAssmar t1_j8p6wid wrote on February 15, 2023 at 11:18 PM

Where are new single family homes being built en masse?

RogueInteger t1_j8phld0 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 12:36 AM

The suburbs.

SuckMyAssmar t1_j8psps5 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 1:59 AM

Which ones?

tjrileywisc t1_j8p92b9 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 11:33 PM

To be honest I don't even think we're building enough single family housing to meet that demand given how expensive they've become as well. Not that I am a huge fan of that type of housing anyway...

Stronkowski t1_j8qgxqn wrote on February 16, 2023 at 5:21 AM

We aren't, but you also literally can't without sprawling too far from the central areas to be able to commute. That's why we need multifamily housing, as denser land use lets more people be close to the target location. It's also why single families would naturally be more expensive than a unit of multifamily (since they represent a potential of many more units of redeveloped), but that's absent the artificial influence of zoning.