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Jul 18, 2021
2:25:33pm
Xenon Truly Addicted User
idea to use market forces to increase housing options...
Ok, it's government regulation, which I know has it's own problems, but ...

What if companies with more than 50 employees have to somehow subsidize creation of new housing for 50% of the count of NEW hires in an area (i.e. within a common 30 minute commute of the work site), and annually subsidize new housing creation of 5% of total employees in the area.

If you want to add jobs in high density areas like San Fran / Silicon valley / New York / Washington DC etc.... you have spend ALOT of money to help create the new housing and infrastructure needed to support those jobs in those areas. If you instead locate those job in under developed areas, the cost of adding infrastructure and housing is dramatically lower. (AND I guess, if you support work from anywhere, maybe this doesn't apply at all).

I'd make it for companies larger than 50 employees, because I think small business doesn't have the same options for growth in more areas.

The idea is, I hope, to use market forces (the cost of infrastructure development and housing increases) to move new development to areas with lower costs. Right now, the companies don't bear any costs for choosing to develop in infrastructure overdrawn areas or in insanely high cost housing areas.

Flame away....
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