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this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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A Boring Dystopia
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Just let people build more vertically, prohibit investment into real estate and build more public housing. Expand public transport to areas around Paris and build public housing around it.
Like there are fixes, there are examples of places resolving issues like this.
Look at China for example.
Paris already has pretty good urbanism and city planning. But the REAL solution is decommodifying housing, and the government would never do that as landlords are some of the most powerful people politically everywhere.
Paris has a bit over 22% of social housing at the moment I think. It's constantly buying real estate to create more. And any new project has to integrate 20% of social housings.
As for the rest, there's strong reluctance against high buildings because they would change the skyline of the city. There are a few, here and there, but they aren't liked. Obviously, they would contribute to adding some new dwellings on the market. But apparently, the people prefer a tense market with a "nicer" city. Things may change eventually.
Sounds similar to how San Francisco became completely unaffordable.