Inaugural Bluesky🧵 about Texas' housing affordability crisis: Home prices and rents here have soared in the last few years. A big reason: Texas hasn't built enough homes to keep up with the state's robust population growth. www.texastribune.org/2024/10/30/t... @texastribune.org #txlege - ThreadSky

joshuafechter.bsky.social • 134 days ago

Inaugural Bluesky🧵 about Texas' housing affordability crisis:

Home prices and rents here have soared in the last few years.

A big reason: Texas hasn't built enough homes to keep up with the state's robust population growth.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/30/texas-housing-shortage-report/ @texastribune.org #txlege

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wyattryesway.bsky.social•134 days ago

Everybody fleeing CA, IL, NY, WA, OR etc and coming here. Of course we can’t keep up.

hughlec.bsky.social•134 days ago

How much better it will be when they have deported all the immigrants who work in construction! /s

tequila0341.bsky.social•134 days ago

Gonna be very funny when Texas deports the construction labor pool

joshuafechter.bsky.social•134 days ago

Texas needs about 320,000 more homes, per housing policy group Up For Growth's estimate.

That shortage has driven up home prices & rents in the state’s major metros, the result of increased competition for a limited supply of homes.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/30/texas-housing-shortage-report/ @texastribune.org #txlege

joshuafechter.bsky.social•134 days ago

One factor driving the shortage: Texas cities restrict what kinds of homes can be built and where — limiting how many homes can be built and thus driving up housing costs.

@carla-astudi.bsky.social and I dug into those rules here:

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-housing-affordability-zoning/ @texastribune.org #txlege

joshuafechter.bsky.social•134 days ago

In 11 Texas cities, detached single-family homes are allowed nearly anywhere homes can go, @carla-astudi.bsky.social & I found.

Denser, cheaper housing like townhomes, duplexes & apartments aren't as welcome — if they're even allowed

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-housing-affordability-zoning/ @texastribune.org #txlege

joshuafechter.bsky.social•134 days ago

Other rules drive up the final cost of a home. For example, Texas cities require:

-Detached single-family homes to sit on a certain amount of land
-Housing developers to build on-site parking spots

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-housing-affordability-zoning/ @carla-astudi.bsky.social @texastribune.org #txlege

joshuafechter.bsky.social•134 days ago

A growing body of research shows that building more homes drives down home prices & rents — and that places that relax their zoning restrictions have kept their housing prices in check.

https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-housing-affordability-zoning/ @carla-astudi.bsky.social @texastribune.org #txlege

joshuafechter.bsky.social•134 days ago

Some Texas cities have relaxed their rules to allow more homes to be built.

Austin has nixed parking requirements, reduced minimum lot sizes and allowed up to three units on most single-family lots.
https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-housing-affordability-zoning/ @carla-astudi.bsky.social @texastribune.org #txlege

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