Holy crap: factory built homes were the majority of homes built in the US during the 1960s and they were mostly regulated out of existence to protect the home building industry! https://twitter.com/salimfurth/status/1265731606796546051
This makes me totally re-evaluate the source of 1960s housing affordability. What if homebuilders sold homes cheaper because they had competition that they now lack?!
I think this paper is important, so I’m going to share key slides for people who don’t want to read a pdf on a phone
Photos of nice modular homes from the paper
This bit is super relevant to boom and bust housing markets like in California
Anyhow, these were the slides that interested me most, but this is a major paper if you like housing policy.
Also note the Bone Fides of the authors of this slide deck they aren’t just piquant randos on teh interwebs like me.
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