Reality Check: Pol’s utopian vision for development doomed to fail

At first, I couldn’t tell if Shekar Krishnan was being disingenuous or just naive. The City Council member penned an opinion piece this week about development that sounds wonderful — if you don’t know how the industry and politics actually work. He outlines a utopian world in which communities decide what gets built and how much it costs, while ensuring there’s enough housing for everyone. “When we build new housing, we must make sure it’s affordable,” he writes. Even if he’s just telling people what they want to hear, this creates an expectation that is impossible to meet and actually […]

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