Jonathan Berk highlights this snippet from the DNC last night. This view shared by President Obama is common sense. Government intervention into rent control is not a common sense solution and our legislature (in Massachusetts) has repeatedly shut it down since it proved so disastrous decades ago. Diminishing zoning hurdles is politically difficult but hopefully more electeds view zoning the same way President Obama does (and many Republicans do). No single solution will provide the silver bullet, but zoning relief is a huge impediment to housing expansion which we desparately need.
Regardless of your politics, if you care about the future of this Country, and the need to provide more accessible rental and home ownership opportunities to millions of Americans, hearing a former president using his time on stage at a National Party Convention to address outdated laws and regulations that stand in the way of our ability to boost needed housing supply is a VERY good thing and a big deal.
