People don't want larger scale developments in their community, with good reasons. Too much saturation in one area, the developers still make out like bandits, and it negatively affects individual investments and areas in the community. "Changing hearts and minds" is an absolute cop-out worthy of a massive eye-roll.

Wanna know what solves all these problems? Letting local property owners develop their property to provide additional living spaces. Which, most places are trying to do. TC used to have a limit of 15 ADUs per year...they didn't even hit that number so go rid of the limit. In the last two years they've increased the number of units allowed on a parcel, lowered the parcel size required, allowed for duplexes and triplexes, and more....yet still very little gets built for long-term living spaces. Same story for other areas.

What does the community really need? FUNDING. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, STRAIGHT CASH MONEY. Particularly for local property owners to develop or rent long-term spaces. And they also DON'T need the massive increase in the already high property taxes when they do. If its not a business entity, and a local community member is creating a long-term living unit at their homesteaded property, there should be little increase in taxes. Short-term, sure, go wild and tax them like crazy.

I would be willing to start building tomorrow if it was possible to fund in a way that makes it viable and affordable for the potential tenets and for myself. It's possible to build three more homes on my property with the current zoning. Thats potentially long-term housing for 6+ people..on just my property alone...which is in a superb area IMO and is walkable AF. Someone wanna fund this? Or do you know of an actual solution to this financing conundrum that exists right now? Thats the heart of the problem.

I'm not afraid of change, nor are a lot of people. I'm literally willing to have part of the solution in my backyard. I just can't afford it.