I agree with the second point re healthcare.
The first one though is about property rights. You cannot let govt legislate private property rights. It’s the corner stone of this nation’s founding.
There is housing supply in other parts of the country. Urban planning ought to be local governance that should be decided by the local tax payers. At least in CA, it’s regional governance where policy is decided by Sacramento and zoning for million dollar properties works well because of increased property tax.
They are not going to make a lot on affordable housing as taxes collected have to spent on new schools and new infrastructure and new community services etc.
Most of it goes to unfounded public sector pension liabilities.
Govt spending is a Ponzi scheme. But they spend a pittance of it in services.
The best way to deal with housing supply is build where there were no homes before. Not change zoning. The zoning laws have been auctioned off to builders because the state knows that’s where their $$ will come from.. unaffordablity is also a function of this.
I am speaking of California and one county here.
For example:
[..]Property tax revenues in Alameda County are due to hit a whopping milestone, and Fremont is part of the story. Newly elected Alameda County Assessor Phong La released the 2019-2020 local Assessment Roll on Wednesday, which showed that the gross value of all taxable property in Alameda County is a record $321.5 billion— a $21.4 billion or 7.13 percent increase above last year's roll.
Of the 14 cities and unincorporated areas within Alameda County, the City of Oakland remains the highest assessment jurisdiction with a total assessed value of $68.8 billion. The City of Fremont continues to have the second highest assessed value of $55.4 billion. Out in the Tri-Valley, the City of Dublin received the highest percentage increase in assessed value from the prior year at 10.3 percent.
The annual roll reflects assessments of more than 518,600 taxable properties.
La credited the record-breaking roll to a recovering economy and increasing real estate values. Other factors included the 2 percent mandatory inflation index being applied to all properties' assessed values that were not affected by assessment declines in prior years, according to La. This factor added $5.6 billion. Sales/transfers of real estate also added $11.3 billion and new construction activity added $2.5 billion.
Additionally, many companies in Alameda County have flourished, becoming a key factor in the growth in the assessment roll, as business property assessments have increased by $1.1 billion, according to La.
Since 2014, the assessment roll has increased 35 percent or $73 billion. Revenue generated by the assessment roll supports schools, public safety, parks, roads, and other essential services, La said.
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