I like the mentioning of the 1960s/70s laws and the role they played in cleaning up the industrial expansion of the post-war period and subsequent damage to the environment. Whenever I speak in classes or in groups and say we need to reform these laws, the common perception is that I do not…
I like the mentioning of the 1960s/70s laws and the role they played in cleaning up the industrial expansion of the post-war period and subsequent damage to the environment. Whenever I speak in classes or in groups and say we need to reform these laws, the common perception is that I do not care about the environment— these laws are not being used to address environmental concerns.NEPA & CEQA have become barriers to progress—weaponized in adversarial legalism against building.
My other favorite unrelated issue is the story of an Australian economist, who asks the crowd who wants affordable housing, and everyone raises their hand. He then says who wants their home price to go down and value, and everyone lowers their hand. The joke encapsulates the hardest part of the housing issue—wealthy, older homeowners do not want new construction of homes since wealth in America is tied so closely to homeownership. Ideally, we could move to a Singaporean model and move wealth generation away from homeownership to other avenues.
Looks like the rebuild is off to a strong start!
I like the mentioning of the 1960s/70s laws and the role they played in cleaning up the industrial expansion of the post-war period and subsequent damage to the environment. Whenever I speak in classes or in groups and say we need to reform these laws, the common perception is that I do not care about the environment— these laws are not being used to address environmental concerns.NEPA & CEQA have become barriers to progress—weaponized in adversarial legalism against building.
My other favorite unrelated issue is the story of an Australian economist, who asks the crowd who wants affordable housing, and everyone raises their hand. He then says who wants their home price to go down and value, and everyone lowers their hand. The joke encapsulates the hardest part of the housing issue—wealthy, older homeowners do not want new construction of homes since wealth in America is tied so closely to homeownership. Ideally, we could move to a Singaporean model and move wealth generation away from homeownership to other avenues.