“Housing Roundup #13: More Dakka” by Zvi

Build more housing where people want to live. The rest is commentary. If there is enough housing, it will be affordable, people will afford more house, and people will be able to live where they want to live. It's always been that simple. Increased supply of any kind of housing increases affordability of all kinds of housing. Are there other things that would also be helpful? Yes, but they’re commentary. Freeing up existing underused housing, for example, is helpful. It is commentary. Let's enjoy the lull and see how much of an Infrastructure Week we can do. New Levels Of Saying Quiet Part Out Loud Even For This Guy Trump opposes building houses where people want to live, because doing so would let people live there, which would drive down the value of existing homes. Acyn: Trump: I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own their homes. You can be sure that will happen. unusual_whales: Trump: when you make it too easy and cheap to build houses, house prices come down. I don’t want to do that. [...] ---Outline:(00:48) New Levels Of Saying Quiet Part Out Loud Even For This Guy(02:30) Whose Side Are You On(03:25) Your Intervention Only Partly Solves The Problem So We Are Against It(04:21) More Dakka(05:32) Abundance(06:43) Changes In Rent Are Largely About Changes In Supply(07:30) Austin(08:46) America(10:02) Minnesota(11:20) Debunking Obvious Nonsense About Monopolistic Practices(21:25) Age Of The Median Homebuyer(24:26) Property Taxes Improve Allocation Efficiency(27:20) More Of Old People Inefficiently And Systematically Stealing From Young People --- First published: May 1st, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dwNgPrBtAHye2vuwS/housing-roundup-13-more-dakka-1 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.