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Apocryphon
1734 days ago
Has the tech industry been particularly pro-housing? It doesn’t seem to be where they’re focusing their lobbying efforts, despite some recent actions.
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epistasis
1734 days ago
There hasn't been a ton of political activity with housing, but they have been one of the largest contributors to California YIMBY, which has been pushing forward a lot of the state level housing changes (ie the substantial ones):
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/us/california-today-strip...
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michaelt
1734 days ago
They certainly
ought
to be - rising housing costs mean rising salary costs. And what expenses does a software company have except salary costs?
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/us/california-today-strip...