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Want to Solve the Housing Crisis? Build More, and Build Higher (www.nytimes.com) similar stories update story
3 points by jseliger | karma 85544 | avg karma 6.77 2021-09-04 00:05:39 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



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Counterpoint: China — a country building more housing than anybody, yet having the most surreal housing crisis.

The country had at some point 20% vacancy of the total housing stock. And of course, a typical Chinese city is packed with if not skyscrapers, then highrises.

You need of course factor in Chinese peculiarities, main being the real estate being a feeding lot for corrupt officials, and land lease sales being that big of a revenue source for the local governments.


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