Miss Gayle<p>Expecting for-profit builders and developers to create adequate affordable housing is a non-starter, and even the banks are not going to give up those profits without a fight. </p><p>Housing must be removed as an "investment opportunity" before it will ever be affordable again. </p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/7/21/what-happens-when-housing-prices-go-down-because-they-are" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">strongtowns.org/journal/2025/7</span><span class="invisible">/21/what-happens-when-housing-prices-go-down-because-they-are</span></a></p><p>"If falling prices are the goal, when will we be willing to build a system that can survive them?"</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Affordability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Investment</span></a></p>