>According to new DOT guidance, many loans for such conversion programs will be exempt from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
>“Extensive NEPA review for buildings that already exist add to both the time it takes to produce housing and therefore to the cost of housing,” said Neera Tanden, director for the White House Domestic Policy Council. “If you can build it in six months instead of a year, that makes it a lot cheaper.”
Finally, they’re naming the problem.
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I just need to subsidize….. *supply*?
But real talk, love this. Especially love that they’re calling out labyrinthine bureaucracy and red tape as the problem.
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SUBSIDISE SUPPLY FINALLY
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Man I thought today was gonna be a good day cuz I got some fun plans later on and the weather is gorgeous, but I wake up to this headline? I’m gonna go buy a lottery ticket.
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>According to new DOT guidance, many loans for such conversion programs will be exempt from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
>“Extensive NEPA review for buildings that already exist add to both the time it takes to produce housing and therefore to the cost of housing,” said Neera Tanden, director for the White House Domestic Policy Council. “If you can build it in six months instead of a year, that makes it a lot cheaper.”
Finally, they’re naming the problem.
I just need to subsidize….. *supply*?
But real talk, love this. Especially love that they’re calling out labyrinthine bureaucracy and red tape as the problem.
SUBSIDISE SUPPLY FINALLY
Man I thought today was gonna be a good day cuz I got some fun plans later on and the weather is gorgeous, but I wake up to this headline? I’m gonna go buy a lottery ticket.
Build baby build!