imo a useful gut-check is to imagine a world in which there is no such thing as “developers” but there are still plumbers, carpenters, electricians, architects, etc profiting from the construction of new homes — is that okay?

if so why do “developers” make it not-okay? https://twitter.com/JakeAnbinder/status/1346180751310598150
The responses to this which cite the political power of developers as the problem illustrate the paradox.

Why does it take a politically powerful developer to get a project built rather than just some people who know how to build things? It’s because the rules are too strict.
Here in Hancock County there are no “developers” — just architects and builders.

But that’s because the permitting process is much simpler.
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