Unjerked E5 - Housing - Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about housing costs and zoning.  Why is the cost of housing continuing to rise?  Is it because of investors buying up all the housing? Or are there bigger issues involved?  What policies would help fix the problem?  This is Part 1 of 3 episodes.

 

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3:49 International housing affordability comparison

4:15 OECD housing affordability comparison

6:39 International home ownership (Please check notes & references section of wikipedia page)

7:56 70 year leases in China

11:19 Price to income ratio

12:11 Inflation, square footage

13:26 Household wages income adjusted

15:39 Home ownership by generation

17:27 Millennials more savings

19:10 History of zoning codes

22:26 Increase in investor ownership

23:15 Corporate ownership

28:07 Rental vacancy rates

30:23 Why many new build apartments are luxury apartments

31:26 Luxury apartments help lower overall rents in a city (Link 2) (Link 3)

36:07 Strong towns

36:55 Upzoning increases housing supply

37:16 Parking minimums

39:49 Effect of lot size minimums

40:17 Density regulations and housing prices

40:50 Lot minimum size and number of new building permits

41:40 30 year mortgage