A Maine senator lays out why everyone should be a YIMBY: Building more housing could bring families extra income and help solve the labor shortage
House prices and rents have surged in the last few years and"This is a national crisis that's really impinging the rebuilding of the economy," he told Insider in the Capitol on Wednesday.
When asked if he'd describe himself as a"YIMBY," or proponent of a"yes in my backyard" approach to housing whichto alleviate supply constraints, he quickly replied,"the answer is yes." King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said he supports increasing housing density in towns and cities to fight the shortage and improve affordability. The most common way to increase density is by"upzoning," or allowing the construction of multi-unit buildings or multiple homes in areas previously limited to single-family houses, commercial or office space, or parking.
The senator wants to see homeowners and developers take advantage of the loosened zoning restrictions to build a whole array of new, more dense, housing. "Most states' rural areas are full of great big houses with one or two people living in it," King said."Let's develop one or two units, the people that own the house get some income. You don't have to build a new roof or new basement. So I think we have to think creatively. It can't be just building big apartment blocks." Maine's housing crunch has gotten a lot worse recently.
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