“No industry lobbies for deregulation if it genuinely believes stronger competition and lower prices would be the results.”
“Tokyo is one place the YIMBYs will often point to as evidence that changing planning regulations can lead to cheap housing… On many metrics of housing costs, Tokyo is more expensive than all Australian cities.”
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