The recent laws passed in CA letting SFH increase density and pushing for municipalities to increase density might be the first step any of the major blue states take towards addressing the housing issue. Hopefully these laws and others will actually impact housing costs in CA and help the broader Democratic party in becoming more YIMBY (for their own sake and for the country). Great video btw. 👍
I believe Minnesota and Massachusetts both have passed YIMBY laws recently as well. California might have been the most ambitious with allowing ADUs, split lots, and cracking down on NIMBY cities. But it's still underwhelming and we need to crank out more laws to diminish exclusionary zoning.
In an ideal world all higher density areas could and should be mixed use and mixed income with at least 50% of units for affordable housing that has rent restrictions and or subsidies in place and for all types of households from 1-2 person ones which constitute the majority these days all the way up to multi-generational and co-living room mate situations that have multiple private bathrooms... In some areas here in Canada they are called California-style condo's with 2-main bedroom/bathrooms...
I find it strange and sad whenever I see this type of frankly flaky selfish NIMBY-ism. Like when private landowners try to restrict access to public parks or beaches. This is where eminent domain and government planning should really be used to force though affordable housing for the greater good especially in transit-oriented areas where it would do the most good. Although universally up-zoning land to allow for higher densities automatically is also a good option too!
While that's definitely possible, a lot of the people getting pushed out of blue states might not leave with the best opinions of Democratic governance. The current state of things does a lot to play into Republican talking points and is probably a factor in why even the bluest cities and states shifted rightward this election.
@@bharatarimilli I'm beginning to see conservatism (republicans) as more of a disease that has been slowly infecting our society, and it metastasized this election
I don't really get what you're trying to say here,,, there are plenty of 'blue' areas in red states and 'red' areas ni blue states. You sound like the Kamala campaign in this video tbh. EVERYWHERE needs to build dense housing, not just currently democrat leaning states.
We absolutely should be building dense housing everywhere but the housing shortage is most acute in blue states today. All I'm arguing is that Democratic leaders should treat it like the crisis it is, which they currently are not. And of course red states have blue areas in them and vice versa, but with the electoral college being winner-take-all, it doesn't really matter that there are some blue areas within red Texas. None of those newly gained electoral votes are going to Democrats as long as Republicans win statewide.
@ you should be advocating for electoral college reform then. Not writing off massive swaths of the U.S. population because they’re in the wrong state in your opinion 🤦♂️
I think I understand where you're coming from but I want to be clear that while I absolutely do have my own political beliefs, at no point in the video am I suggesting that there are "right" or "wrong" states to live in or that there are "right" or "wrong" political beliefs. My entire point is simply saying that Democratic states are not building enough housing and that (within our current political system) it will cost Democrats politically. If people want to live in a red state, they should be able to do so and have their views be represented in our politics. The problem is that if people want to live in a blue state, they usually can't even move to those places to begin with because there just isn't enough housing. I'm not trying to take a political stand here, just pointing out a political reality.
The recent laws passed in CA letting SFH increase density and pushing for municipalities to increase density might be the first step any of the major blue states take towards addressing the housing issue. Hopefully these laws and others will actually impact housing costs in CA and help the broader Democratic party in becoming more YIMBY (for their own sake and for the country). Great video btw. 👍
I believe Minnesota and Massachusetts both have passed YIMBY laws recently as well. California might have been the most ambitious with allowing ADUs, split lots, and cracking down on NIMBY cities. But it's still underwhelming and we need to crank out more laws to diminish exclusionary zoning.
In an ideal world all higher density areas could and should be mixed use and mixed income with at least 50% of units for affordable housing that has rent restrictions and or subsidies in place and for all types of households from 1-2 person ones which constitute the majority these days all the way up to multi-generational and co-living room mate situations that have multiple private bathrooms... In some areas here in Canada they are called California-style condo's with 2-main bedroom/bathrooms...
I find it strange and sad whenever I see this type of frankly flaky selfish NIMBY-ism. Like when private landowners try to restrict access to public parks or beaches. This is where eminent domain and government planning should really be used to force though affordable housing for the greater good especially in transit-oriented areas where it would do the most good. Although universally up-zoning land to allow for higher densities automatically is also a good option too!
While I agree that Blue States need more affordable housing, wouldn't this continued migration turn the Red States blue?
While that's definitely possible, a lot of the people getting pushed out of blue states might not leave with the best opinions of Democratic governance. The current state of things does a lot to play into Republican talking points and is probably a factor in why even the bluest cities and states shifted rightward this election.
@@bharatarimilli I'm beginning to see conservatism (republicans) as more of a disease that has been slowly infecting our society, and it metastasized this election
I don't really get what you're trying to say here,,, there are plenty of 'blue' areas in red states and 'red' areas ni blue states. You sound like the Kamala campaign in this video tbh. EVERYWHERE needs to build dense housing, not just currently democrat leaning states.
We absolutely should be building dense housing everywhere but the housing shortage is most acute in blue states today. All I'm arguing is that Democratic leaders should treat it like the crisis it is, which they currently are not.
And of course red states have blue areas in them and vice versa, but with the electoral college being winner-take-all, it doesn't really matter that there are some blue areas within red Texas. None of those newly gained electoral votes are going to Democrats as long as Republicans win statewide.
@ you should be advocating for electoral college reform then. Not writing off massive swaths of the U.S. population because they’re in the wrong state in your opinion 🤦♂️
I think I understand where you're coming from but I want to be clear that while I absolutely do have my own political beliefs, at no point in the video am I suggesting that there are "right" or "wrong" states to live in or that there are "right" or "wrong" political beliefs. My entire point is simply saying that Democratic states are not building enough housing and that (within our current political system) it will cost Democrats politically. If people want to live in a red state, they should be able to do so and have their views be represented in our politics. The problem is that if people want to live in a blue state, they usually can't even move to those places to begin with because there just isn't enough housing. I'm not trying to take a political stand here, just pointing out a political reality.