A return to 3:1 housing multipliers would greatly raise the fertility rate.
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Daily reminder. #BackTo3

Well past time for this.
Bring market affordability back! #BackTo3

Only states can fix our zoning and housing problems. Locals will never do enough on their own.
Slow and steady #BackTo3 for the nations kids and grandkids

#BackTo3. Yes. End car centrism by ending scarcity. Make market housing affordable again over time for the country’s kids and grandkids.

We need market housing - all types. Lots if it. Can’t we get state laws that allow single-family home owners to add an apartment by right if they want to, ADUs, and maybe duplex as base unit at lot owners choice?

I think her worry is prices falling too quickly for existing sfh owners

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Owners want 5-10% appreciation of their homes over long term. Kids can’t afford a market home where they grew up. That’s the fundamental political problem.

If you want the amazing mobility the US once had - bring back the widespread affordability we had
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It’s all connected.
#BackTo3 will bring supply to lower housing costs incrementally, improve accessibility, reduce car trips and increase demand for transit and bike networks, and improve safety for all.
State zoning reform is the only viable path I see.
Allow any sfh owner to add apt by right.

If parking studies also looked at origins, parking problems could be better seen as the land use, affordability, and transportation system problem they are a symptom of. and that’s the foundational metro wide problem that needs solving by states level zoning reform. #BackTo3

State zoning reform the only path forward. Slower home appreciation to let incomes catch up. #BackTo3

Let any single family homeowner add an apartment if she chooses. Every apartment added in an existing neighborhood is one less household forced to the fringe, where car dependence is hardest to avoid. It’s a concrete step towards #BackTo3 for the next generation.

Homes should be a stable investment for families, but affordable for the next generation.

This worked when homes cost 3× income, now it’s 7–9× and our kids can’t buy where they grew up.

The goal isn’t lower prices overnight but to let supply grow so incomes can catch up over time.

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Homes should be a stable investment for families, but affordable for the next generation.

This worked when homes cost 3× income, now it’s 7–9× and our kids can’t buy where they grew up.

The goal isn’t lower prices overnight but to let supply grow so incomes can catch up over time.

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Assisted housing has increased from about 4.4 to about 13.2 assisted units/households per 1,000 residents since 1970

Federal spending per capita for housing rose from $20 per person in 1970 to about $173 per person in 2025 $.

Much less a problem when housing was broadly affordable

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Housing should never be a discretionary gift. It should be a fundamental right.
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Only true in short term at local level and depends on the amount of local upzoning allowed. If the state were to upzone metro wide supply would grow sufficiently to lower the value of land. It worked in 1970 and can again. It will take time but should be the North Star for the grandkids
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It’s affordable for incumbents but for the bottom 1/2 we need:

#BackTo3 = Homes cost ~3× local median income (again like in 1970)

#BackTo3 = Homes cost ~3× local median income (again like in 1970)

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This is the path #BackTo3 that will unlock true middle class growth again
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Debate the multiplier, not the messenger. Build enough homes across municipalities or prices stay detached from incomes. #BackTo3. Housing Abundance.

@davidsirota.com and @samseder.bsky.social mock housing abundance, have irrational hatred of Ezra. Supply growth is the answer across metros in all municipalities to get us #BackTo3 

Detroit killed the sedan. We may all live to regret it GM ending production of the Chevy Malibu underscores that the Big Three are done with sedans. But consumers may not flock to expensive SUVs in response.

The move to SUVs was inevitable and consumer based given all the driving and desire to protect our families in our cars. We force car growth through land use that places premium on excellent walkability. The key is fixing land use - working #BackTo3 to lower car demand itself.

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Inevitable here and consumer preference based given all the driving we do and desire to protect our families. We force car growth through land use that places big premium for excellent walkability and a transit based life. The key is fixing land use - working #BackTo3 to lower car demand itself.

In ‘Landmark’ Vote, Cambridge Ends Single-Family Zoning | News | The Harvard Crimson The Cambridge City Council voted 8-1 to approve a proposal eliminating single family zoning city-wide in a meeting Monday night, capping off over a year of laborious dealmaking between activist reside...

Forward thinking for a very high multiplier place. Maine and Vermont allow duplex and more by right. Hopefully more and more places will move in this direction. Implementation metro/ state wide necessary to bend the curve over time #BackTo3
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This systematic trend is illiberal and unprogressive in one of the most “progressive” places in America. More impactful
than healthcare & groceries. Let’s return to the widespread market affordability that existed for most of 20th century, before we turned “homes” into “investments” . #BackTo3

We are somewhere between 2 and 3 on #BackTo3

1.“No one talks about it.”
2.“Technocrats discuss it quietly.”
3.“Opponents caricature it.”
4.“Mainstream adopts a softened version.”
5.“It becomes obvious in hindsight.”

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Let’s work our way #BackTo3. The only way it can happen is when states make much more zoning by right. ADUs. Single family home conversions. Duplex as the base unit at property owners choice. Over time multipliers could slowly fall to the 3:1 Silents and Boomers got in 1970.

Above-inflation home prices growth came from two forces:
1. Supply blocked in high-demand metros
2. Bids boosted (more mortgage credit vs same incomes)

We turned housing into a wealth engine & kept supply tight creating permanent scarcity equity and collapsing affordability.

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What the MBTA Communities Law Is (and Isn’t) Delivering So Far Five years after passage, the MBTA Communities law is finally producing what housing advocates asked for: real projects, real units, and real zoning changes. But new data from housing researcher Amy D...

“When we legalize housing, housing gets built”
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