Regulatory Costs
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Frames regulatory processes as a major impediment to housing affordability and economic efficiency
The article repeatedly attributes housing unaffordability to regulatory burdens, citing specific dollar figures and percentages. It presents regulation as a primary driver of housing shortages, using data from NAHB and Realtor.com to reinforce this framing.
“Those regulatory burdens are one of the primary drivers of the nation’s housing shortage, now estimated at more than 4.03 million homes”
Portrays regulatory costs as excessive and harmful to housing affordability
The article consistently frames regulatory costs as a primary driver of unaffordable housing, using emotionally charged language and relying solely on industry sources to argue that regulations are 'excessive' and 'burdensome'.
“This study illustrates how excessive regulation is deepening the nation’s housing affordability crisis and making it harder for builders to deliver the affordable, attainable housing that our nation sorely needs”