Another bipartisan housing miracle, this time in Idaho

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribeLast year I did a pod on Montana’s surprising burst of bipartisan housing legislation. Turns out Idaho was watching. This year its legislature passed six housing bills of its own (two others failed). Republican state Sen. Ben Toews and Democratic state Rep. Megan Egbert join me to walk through what passed, what didn’t, and what they gave away to get it done — plus the property tax cap that quietly works against all of it, and why duplexes turned out to be the red line.Chapters:00:00 – Introduction and the Idaho housing package02:43 – How each guest came to the housing issue06:39 – Inside the interim housing study committee09:05 – SB 1354, ADUs by right, and Dillon’s Rule12:52 – The 5,000 to 10,000 compromise, and HOAs15:03 – SB 1352 starter homes, manufactured homes, lot splits16:28 – HB 706 and single-stair buildings18:11 – The permitting shot clock and the 6-day rule19:48 – Living with the compromises, and why counties were left out22:54 – The two bills that died: duplexes and YIGBY28:41 – HB 389, the property tax cap, and the growth undertow34:41 – What the public understands about growth37:23 – Regulatory reform on supply side vs. incentives for housing43:59 – The February deadline and city resistance48:52 – Horizontal vs. vertical density56:03 – What comes next for the committee & Idaho housing