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I'm betting the developers are for single-family homes not apartments. The only NIMBY I'm for is anti-SFH.

Landlords are often against upzoning (and the increased competition!), but developers benefit from less red tape.

High density is more profitable for developers, they have no interest in supporting SFH zoning.

I know that not to be true in my area as well.

In CZ it is the developers who push for more density. Land prices are terrible in our big cities.

cost per unit actually goes up as buildings get larger, so it really depends on the market. i don’t really know any developers who actively oppose upzoning in my region, but the SFH builders I think have an easier and more lucrative job than the ones doing urban infill.

> cost per unit actually goes up as buildings get larger

Construction cost per unit goes up a little, but land cost per unit goes down a lot, because you buy the same plot of land and put N times more units on it.

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