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Apparently you can just build a lot of housing to fix the housing crisis. Way to go, Austin!
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Where does this graph show quantity supplied?
The graph doesn't. The title of the post is stating that Austin was able to avoid rent increases by building more housing.
Where is the evidence for that?
That would be a great question for @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
Austin's recent success in bringing rent costs down after greenlighting a lot of new housing has been pointed to by people in lots of other big cities as proof that it can work.Here's an article about it.
I just checked the rent in Austin and it's way higher than it should be.