Re: ✈️ Boeing hits unexpected turbulence (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

...and, importantly, they have even incentive to keep the housing market
tight to keep prices going up.

I would not be surprised if there were some agent provocateurs in local
NIMBY groups which are infiltrated with people from these private equity
groups and other stakeholders.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:20:14 -0700 (PDT)
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 > Red tape isn’t causing the housing crisis. Contrary to what 
 > “Abundance” elites claim, America’s affordable housing crisis isn’t 
 > a supply issue. The Federal Reserve found that constrained supply is 
 > “relatively unimportant” in explaining rising housing costs, which 
 > means construction limits aren’t the problem. More than 90 percent 
 > of Americans reside in counties where housing costs grew faster than 
 > incomes from 2000 to 2020.
 > 
 > Real estate groups backed by investment behemoths, including 
 > Berkshire Hathaway and Starwood Capital Group, spent over $402 
 > million lobbying the government on housing policy between 2020 and 
 > 2022. Blackstone, the nation’s largest landlord, has spent millions 
 > lobbying against rent-control measures while gouging tenants and 
 > ramping up evictions.