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Great article! We've also written about housing affordability - one solution we discussed is the expansion of city transit as it is a policy that benefits everyone (and in many cities will pay off) - https://nominalnews.substack.com/p/housing-and-public-transit-in-cities

Highlighting the owner-renter differential is an important topic. One thing that creates conflict is that subsidizing home-ownership, makes renting more expensive. Subsidizing mortgages means house prices will go up. Since rents are a flow from housing, a higher house price means higher rents. So there's this conflict between homeowners and renters.

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Excellent post, Jeremy. What I have found is that many times, both government and the private entities they hire to conduct its business, or any company, claim one thing-- like they will conduct business in a particular way, but in practice, do nothing even close to what procedures it says it will follow. I liken this to the home appraisal process which is supposed to be conducted according to set criteria, but as these examples point out, it doesn’t always work that way.

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Tell us about your experience trying to buy a home and any difficulties you may have had

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Interesting on how nearly all of the "progressive" cities are the ones failing the most at fair housing prices and opportunities. You reap what you sow.

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