The biggest cost currently is land, but out west at least there is considerable state owned land that can be leveraged in the initial phase, while laws are drafted to find ways to acquire new land (like say a down payment assistance for older homebuyers on condition of state acquisition after death) - ThreadSky

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swoletariat.bsky.social • 93 days ago

The biggest cost currently is land, but out west at least there is considerable state owned land that can be leveraged in the initial phase, while laws are drafted to find ways to acquire new land (like say a down payment assistance for older homebuyers on condition of state acquisition after death)

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rafamonsta.bsky.social•93 days ago

Most of the federal owned land in the West is not near existing urban centers. Las Vegas is the only exemption. State land primarily is parks or office buildings. Only the latter would be politically feasible to redevelop.

swoletariat.bsky.social•92 days ago

Every major city in California has a UC/CSU whose land they already own, mich of which is underdeveloped. Use them as the starting post while you spin up other polices with longer time horizons.

rafamonsta.bsky.social•92 days ago

Which parts of UCLA or UC Berkeley do you think should be developed with more housing?

rafamonsta.bsky.social•92 days ago

Those universities actually do build (a little) state owned housing already, in the form of dorms, but do so off-campus primarily, and those projects are already exempt from local zoning rules.

swoletariat.bsky.social•92 days ago

Yes but they build it for students only and not to density.

swoletariat.bsky.social•92 days ago

Personally I would start with Santa Cruz, Davis, and Merced but for ones like UCLA stage by stage Manhattanization of the campus.

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