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“Just build more” is only half a theory. It breaks down the moment prices fall. And right now, they’re falling. If you’re done pretending this system works, it’s time for a new approach. We wrote about it here:

his doesn’t require billion-dollar subsidies or state/federal permission. Cities can act now:. -Legalize small-scale development.- Support incremental builders.- Create local financing tools for entry-level homes. That’s how you get real affordability—and real resilience.

Why guess when you can know?.

At Strong Towns, we’re asking a different question:.What if we built a housing system that could survive lower prices?. Not just survive—thrive. It starts local. Small-scale. Bottom-up. Starter homes. Backyard cottages. Garage apartments.

If your goal is affordability, this is insanity. If your goal is asset inflation, this is rational behavior. And until we face that contradiction, nothing changes.

We don’t fix the system when this happens. We engineer around it. Lower credit standards. Longer mortgage terms. Crypto-backed eligibility. Title insurance bundling. Tax breaks for high-end buyers. We do everything but lower prices.

Advocates want lower prices. Financiers want higher returns. And when prices fall, it’s the financiers who call the shots. Supply doesn’t go up. It collapses. Builders pull back. Lenders freeze. Risk becomes unmanageable.

Housing policy operates on two stories:. One says housing is shelter. A basic need. The other says housing is a financial product. An investment vehicle. The second one dominates how the system actually works.

If the theory was right, we’d be cheering this moment. More supply = lower prices, right?.Instead, the entire system flinches when prices drop. Why?. Because the system isn’t designed for affordability. It’s designed for price appreciation.

That’s not a hypothetical. It’s happening. Prices are softening in places like Phoenix, Atlanta, Miami, and Dallas. And the response hasn’t been celebration—it’s been panic. Builders are pausing. Lenders are tightening. Policymakers are scrambling.

“Just build more and prices will go down.”. It’s the theory dominating housing policy. Simple supply and demand. Deregulate, upzone, speed up permits—and affordability will follow. But here’s the question no one wants to ask:. What happens when prices actually fall?

This is actually brilliant. Hits on many levels.

One (fair) critique of planning commissioners is that they put everything through the lens of their own experience. "Nobody would want that. " means they don't or didn't want that. It's ignorant. Ditto "nobody would want that. " because the typical X user doesn't want it.

House sizes have actually gone up, as well. So, essentially, our extreme affluence has made us unable to afford housing because now we need that much more of it. I don't recognize this version of economics.

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