YIMBY First, Building Reform Second

YIMBY First, Building Reform Second

Last night I asked the American building reform advocates on Bluesky about different layouts and why developers don’t build them. I got different answers from different advocates about why the layout I’d just mocked of family-size apartments with two staircases isn’t being built in the US, some about regulations, but Mike Eliason said what I was most afraid of hearing: it’s doable but it’s more profitable to build small apartments. My conclusion…

Munich. The changes to the Bavarian building regulations are intended to reduce bureaucracy and speed up procedures. The city of Munich is skeptical that this will succeed.