Under-building leads to a competition for existing housing, which increases rents and prices out all but the wealthiest
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The housing shortage is partly due to a 1978 decision to downzone the city, reducing allowed density and making multifamily apartment buildings illegal in most areas 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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