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b_b · 1350 days ago · link · · parent · post: PORTLAND JUST PASSED THE BEST LOW-DENSITY ZONING REFORM IN US HISTORY
I don't exactly get how the 6-plexes will work. If 3 are "affordable" and 3 are market rate, aren't the market rate prices going to just subsidize the below market units such that they will actually be above market? Half and half seems like too high a ratio for cost offsets to not be onerous. Isn't the best way to make things more affordable just to build more in general? I'm admittedly no policy wonk in this area, but I just don't see how that math can work.