Metropolitan Mindset: How Regional Governments Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis
Metropolitan Mindset: How Regional Governments Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis
Experts have long observed that hyper-local decision-making means more exclusive, less equitable decisions. When only a small geographic area is considered, narrow interests are more likely to be overrepresented. One manifestation of this phenomenon is ‘NIMBYism’ — or the pernicious problem of ‘not in my backyard’ thinking — where neighbourhood residents may oppose supportive or […]