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This article really hits home the problem in Kansas City.
@QuintonLucasKC likes to talk about how increasing supply of luxury units is "trickle down economics". But, that's exactly what city policy is enforcing by only allowing large-scale developments and single-family homes. https://twitter.com/alanhowze/status/1357039141414920195
@QuintonLucasKC likes to talk about how increasing supply of luxury units is "trickle down economics". But, that's exactly what city policy is enforcing by only allowing large-scale developments and single-family homes. https://twitter.com/alanhowze/status/1357039141414920195
Regular citizens aren't allowed to build an accessory dwelling unit.
Small local investors aren't allowed to build a four-plex.
Nope, our laws force all housing to be built by a small number of giant mega-developers. That's kind of worse than trickle down economics, isn't it?
Small local investors aren't allowed to build a four-plex.
Nope, our laws force all housing to be built by a small number of giant mega-developers. That's kind of worse than trickle down economics, isn't it?
It's not just that we're dependent on the rich elite to build the places we live, we're requiring it in city code.
And, the affordable housing ordinance doesn't just do nothing about that, it reinforces it.
And, the affordable housing ordinance doesn't just do nothing about that, it reinforces it.
"A major cause of housing problems...is the reliance on a small number of huge development projects to meet demand. This has bred a culture in which individual projects become lengthy, high-stakes negotiations with the local government...that raise the price of housing."
"With large-scale development, the decisions that shape our places are in very few hands, and any mistakes those developers make are magnified."
"Big developers go where the biggest money is. The result is a Trickle vs. Fire Hose effect: a handful of hot neighborhoods are flooded with investment, while many more languish."
Sound familiar?
The affordable housing ordinance does nothing to address those issues. That ordinance will be successful in limiting incentives but will not do anything about affordability (and could actually make it worse).
The affordable housing ordinance does nothing to address those issues. That ordinance will be successful in limiting incentives but will not do anything about affordability (and could actually make it worse).
We need to legalize small-scale development and allow wealth to be created and stay in the hands of Kansas City citizens. We need neighborhoods to diversify and not place all our hope on downtown developers to carry the burden for the entire city.
"Incremental development is a crucial way to align a neighborhood’s growth with the interests of the people who actually live there, because incremental developers operate close to the ground...
They know the people around, they know highly-specific local needs, and in many cases they live in the neighborhood themselves." @kevinklink
