Listened to Tales from the crypt podcast with Marty Bent and loved what you had to say! As a Real Estate Agent, on the board of our city Housing and Land Use Committee and one of my pet peeves being stupid inefficiencies I couldn't agree more with what you had to say.
Every one of our meetings with developers asking for variances to the codes gets met with fierce backlash from NIMBY type people and those screaming that there is not enough "affordable housing" in these brand new buildings.
I think supply and demand is an obvious way to explain to these people of how it can eventually lower housing costs. I was shocked to hear you say that around 35% of a development cost is the time and money involved with government compliance. Do you have recommendations on where to find more information to research this further?
It's certainly no fun to deal with. I've tried educating DRB members and other "stakeholders" but it rarely works out in my favor. It's an emotional and political ordeal. Total cluster.
Listened to Tales from the crypt podcast with Marty Bent and loved what you had to say! As a Real Estate Agent, on the board of our city Housing and Land Use Committee and one of my pet peeves being stupid inefficiencies I couldn't agree more with what you had to say.
Every one of our meetings with developers asking for variances to the codes gets met with fierce backlash from NIMBY type people and those screaming that there is not enough "affordable housing" in these brand new buildings.
I think supply and demand is an obvious way to explain to these people of how it can eventually lower housing costs. I was shocked to hear you say that around 35% of a development cost is the time and money involved with government compliance. Do you have recommendations on where to find more information to research this further?
It's certainly no fun to deal with. I've tried educating DRB members and other "stakeholders" but it rarely works out in my favor. It's an emotional and political ordeal. Total cluster.
The NAHB scrubbed the 2020 report from their website(!)...which is odd. Here's an article with a light summary: https://bondedbuilders.com/blog/government-regulations-25-cost-of-a-new-home/#
Here's the publicly available report from 2016 regarding government compliance costs: https://www.nahbclassic.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=250611