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First, there are plenty of $100-150k homes on Zillow: about 100k+. Buy maybe not in desirable locations? [https://www.zillow.com/ca/houses/?searchQueryState=%7B%22mapBounds%22%3A%7B%22west%22%3A-132.16065190625%2C%22east%22%3A-106.45264409375%2C%22south%22%3A30.34056957913899%2C%22north%22%3A43.88674694702474%7D%2C%22isMapVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22filterState%22%3A%7B%22price%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A50000%2C%22max%22%3A150000%7D%2C%22mp%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A170%2C%22max%22%3A510%7D%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3A%22globalrelevanceex%22%7D%2C%22ah%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22con%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22mf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22manu%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22land%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22tow%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22apa%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%7D%2C%22isListVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22mapZoom%22%3A6%2C%22usersSearchTerm%22%3A%22California%22%2C%22regionSelection%22%3A%5B%7B%22regionId%22%3A9%2C%22regionType%22%3A2%7D%5D%2C%22schoolId%22%3Anull%7D]
First, there are plenty of $100-150k homes on Zillow: about 100k+. Buy maybe not in desirable locations? [https://www.zillow.com/ca/houses/?searchQueryState=%7B%22mapBounds%22%3A%7B%22west%22%3A-132.16065190625%2C%22east%22%3A-106.45264409375%2C%22south%22%3A30.34056957913899%2C%22north%22%3A43.88674694702474%7D%2C%22isMapVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22filterState%22%3A%7B%22price%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A50000%2C%22max%22%3A150000%7D%2C%22mp%22%3A%7B%22min%22%3A170%2C%22max%22%3A510%7D%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3A%22globalrelevanceex%22%7D%2C%22ah%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22con%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22mf%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22manu%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22land%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22tow%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%2C%22apa%22%3A%7B%22value%22%3Afalse%7D%7D%2C%22isListVisible%22%3Atrue%2C%22mapZoom%22%3A6%2C%22usersSearchTerm%22%3A%22California%22%2C%22regionSelection%22%3A%5B%7B%22regionId%22%3A9%2C%22regionType%22%3A2%7D%5D%2C%22schoolId%22%3Anull%7D]


So what is the housing shortage of 5 million homes all about? [https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/housing-market-falling-short-by-nearly-4-million-homes-as-demand-grows.html] It is that more people want to buy homes than there are homes. So that means people either rent, or go into less favored options.
So what is the housing shortage of 5 million homes all about? [https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/housing-market-falling-short-by-nearly-4-million-homes-as-demand-grows.html] It is that more people want to buy homes than there are homes. So that means people either rent (from places that are typically owned by a large group, and thus the conflict of intrest (profit over affordability) leads to high rates (see [[Rentier Capitalism]] )) ), or go into less favored options.


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First, are there affordable homes?

First, there are plenty of $100-150k homes on Zillow: about 100k+. Buy maybe not in desirable locations? [1]

So what is the housing shortage of 5 million homes all about? [2] It is that more people want to buy homes than there are homes. So that means people either rent (from places that are typically owned by a large group, and thus the conflict of intrest (profit over affordability) leads to high rates (see Rentier Capitalism )) ), or go into less favored options.

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  • Authoritative book - [3]. So then: is policy the way to go for regenerative solutions at scale, or is it done through entrepreneurship, where clever entrepreneurship solves all business problems, which include policy deficits? The grand debate: enterprise or policy?
  • Housing Without Debt. Critique:
    • In the USA, land is much cheaper than in the UK, so the gravity of the issue is less.
    • Still, that doesn't solve house affordability.
    • Construction: what if people developed the land that they live on? That's a great idea, but the reality is that very few people want to or can build their own home, according to OSE data. From the OSE workshops that people attended - zero built the Seed Home 1 so far.
    • Thus, we need to solve for an assisted construction model. 25% of overall population builds their own home. We can bring that up to much higher, with lower costs. To get there, we will need to provide the general contracting as well.
  • Seed Home 2 Operations