So Many Forms, So Few Homes: How L.A. Made Housing a Waiting Game - California YIMBY
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Los Angeles suffers from severe housing unaffordability, with one-third of renters spending over half their income on housing and over 47,000 residents experiencing homelessness. New research suggests that lengthy approval processes may be a key factor limiting housing production. Streamlining…
  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    The obvious solution would be to increase city staffing for the review and approval process.

    The inevitable political solution will be to cut requirements for approvals, with negative impacts on safety and the environment.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 days ago

      I fully agree with what you are saying here. The problem is not the requirements, it is whether the city is willing to fund the staffing to properly manage the approval process/departments.