[AmVess]

People don't want low end housing built in their neighborhoods.

Further, the cost of development has gone up rather drastically. In some cases, 10x in as many years, making building low cost homes financially impossible.

Then there's the issue with tax collectors (politicians) preferring to have expensive homes built instead of low cost housing so they can collect vastly more tax to spend on themselves.

[kmlevitt]

>People don't want low end housing built in their neighborhoods.

The problem with this reasoning is that housing has gotten so expensive in many cities that anything that costs less than $750,000 can be considered "low end".

Polls show that most people want more housing built. The problem is homeowners don't want it built in their neighborhood. Everyone wants to pass the buck to somewhere else.

That's why it's no longer possible for residential zoning to be determined on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. States have to step up and come up with minimum zoning that reflects the state's larger interests rather than letting every block fight to "preserve" a historic gas station etc.