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Want more housing? Build a landlord.

If we’re going to have a lot more missing middle housing; we’re also going to have a lot more landlords Accessory dwellings, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes are suited to “mom-and-pop” landlords, but tough tenants rights requirements may discourage many homeowners…

The city as labor saving device

Great cities, especially ones with dense, walkable mixed use neighborhoods are an economic boon to households because they save the precious commodity of time Labor-saving devices and economic welfare Stories of economic progress appropriately revolve around major technological breakthroughs.  There’s…