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title: "If you want affordable housing, strike down zoning laws. "In my own…"
date: 2022-06-28
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# If you want affordable housing, strike down zoning laws. "In my own…

*June 28, 2022 · Facebook*

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[https://www.anselm.edu/ethics-governance/blog/most-yimby-town-new-hampshire](https://www.anselm.edu/ethics-governance/blog/most-yimby-town-new-hampshire){target="_blank"}
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If you want affordable housing, strike down zoning laws.\
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\"In my own research, I have used a dataset of all MLS-listed single-family home sales in New Hampshire since 2001 to estimate which towns are more or less costly than others. The statistical model can give us the expected price of a standardized house type in each locality. For example, consider a modest single-family house: built in 1950 on a half-acre lot, with three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms and 1,500 square feet, sold in January 2020 (pre-pandemic). The model tells us that statewide, this house would have sold for about \$193,000. In Hanover, this house would have sold for about \$430,000. But in Canaan, it would have cost around \$170,000. \"\
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[https://www.anselm.edu/ethics-governance/blog/most-yimby-town-new-hampshire](https://www.anselm.edu/ethics-governance/blog/most-yimby-town-new-hampshire){target="_blank"}
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