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As a native of NYC during the bad old days, I well understand that our social experiments with public housing in the US have ended almost entirely in disaster, and that is precisely because those developments were built with efficiency as the only goal, not human dignity and community.
This does not mean we should not build apartment buildings, it means we need to build apartment buildings with human dignity and community as our foremost concerns. #urbanism #architecture #design #housing
Where land is dear (that means expensive and in short supply), tiny houses should not be permitted, except possibly as temporary or accessory dwelling units.
Many cities are waking up to this problem, and getting rid of single family occupancy zoning.
The answer to the housing crisis is always and only "build more apartments". Only by flooding the market with supply can we control the cost of living.
The only way we can sustainably achieve this is by making it more expensive to not build.
Yes, not everyone wants to live in an apartment, but that doesn't imply that most people don't want to live an an apartment, when it means being able to live affordably in close proximity to jobs, shopping, schools, cultural events, public transportation, and infrastructure.
Cities everywhere have testified to this truth for over 7000 years of the history of human civilization. That's why cities are cities, why they have high populations.
No one is trying to force you to live in a city.
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