I am having the same argument with local legislators who also see the only solution as more development, but pointedly avoid any discussion of the explosion of 2nd homes and AirBnBs and how they play into the mix; our area has been losing population over the long term but there's less and less housing each year. My town is placing a moratorium on non-owner-occupied STR's residential neighborhoods, but we've lost ~half of our rental stock to them in the past decade.
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