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The main theory of AmericarCOs high housing costs goes like this: Homes are expensive because excessive regulations make it impossible to build enough
of them. This view, most closely associated with the YIMBYrCorCLYes in My BackyardrCYrComovement, has become so widespread among policy experts and elected officials that several states have passed laws loosening housing restrictions, and a giant federal housing bill encouraging others to do
the same is currently making its way through Congress.

IrCOd long been a believer in this theory too. But then I watched as my home state of California, the birthplace of the YIMBY movement, spent the
better part of a decade passing law after law designed to make housing
easier to build. Each new bill was touted as the kind of transformative
change that would finally bring an end to the staterCOs housing crisis. But months and years would go by, and nothing would get built. A decade into
the YIMBY experiment, California is still building the same number of
homes annually that it was building when the first laws were passed. What
if everything I thought I knew about the housing crisis was wrong?

I spent the past few months trying to get to the bottom of this mystery. I spoke with developers, activists, state legislators, and academics both
inside and outside California to piece together what had gone wrong. The answer, it turns out, was not that YIMBYism failed California, but that California had failed YIMBYism.

rCo Rog|- Karma, staff writer

https://www.theatlantic.com/author/roge-karma/

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/03/california-housing-yimby- reforms/686334/

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On 5/12/26 00:08, Tim Allen wrote:

The main theory of America|ore4raos high housing costs goes like this: Homes are
expensive because excessive regulations make it impossible to build enough
of them. This view, most closely associated with the YIMBY|ore4rCY|ore4+oYes in My
Backyard|ore4-Y|ore4rCYmovement, has become so widespread among policy experts and
elected officials that several states have passed laws loosening housing restrictions, and a giant federal housing bill encouraging others to do
the same is currently making its way through Congress.

I|ore4raod long been a believer in this theory too. But then I watched as my home
state of California, the birthplace of the YIMBY movement, spent the
better part of a decade passing law after law designed to make housing
easier to build. Each new bill was touted as the kind of transformative change that would finally bring an end to the state|ore4raos housing crisis. But
months and years would go by, and nothing would get built. A decade into
the YIMBY experiment, California is still building the same number of
homes annually that it was building when the first laws were passed. What
if everything I thought I knew about the housing crisis was wrong?

I spent the past few months trying to get to the bottom of this mystery. I spoke with developers, activists, state legislators, and academics both inside and outside California to piece together what had gone wrong. The answer, it turns out, was not that YIMBYism failed California, but that California had failed YIMBYism.

|ore4rCY Rog|a-- Karma, staff writer

https://www.theatlantic.com/author/roge-karma/

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/03/california-housing-yimby- reforms/686334/

We build houses out of combustibles.

Ten minutes after a fire starts, all the fire department can do is save your basement.

If the fire department is run by Karen B. Ass, they may not even show up.


Maybe we should try poured concrete walls with a concrete lid???

Or something that doesn't burn??? Or blow away in a tornado?

Imagine telling the insurance company to go fuck themselves!

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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/12/26 00:08, Tim Allen wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">The main theory of America|ore4raos high housing costs goes like this: Homes are
expensive because excessive regulations make it impossible to build enough
of them. This view, most closely associated with the YIMBY|ore4rCY|ore4+oYes in My
Backyard|ore4-Y|ore4rCYmovement, has become so widespread among policy experts and
elected officials that several states have passed laws loosening housing restrictions, and a giant federal housing bill encouraging others to do
the same is currently making its way through Congress.

I|ore4raod long been a believer in this theory too. But then I watched as my home
state of California, the birthplace of the YIMBY movement, spent the
better part of a decade passing law after law designed to make housing
easier to build. Each new bill was touted as the kind of transformative
change that would finally bring an end to the state|ore4raos housing crisis. But
months and years would go by, and nothing would get built. A decade into
the YIMBY experiment, California is still building the same number of
homes annually that it was building when the first laws were passed. What
if everything I thought I knew about the housing crisis was wrong?

I spent the past few months trying to get to the bottom of this mystery. I spoke with developers, activists, state legislators, and academics both
inside and outside California to piece together what had gone wrong. The answer, it turns out, was not that YIMBYism failed California, but that California had failed YIMBYism.

|ore4rCY Rog|a-- Karma, staff writer

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/roge-karma/">https://www.theatlantic.com/author/roge-karma/</a>

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/03/california-housing-yimby">https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/03/california-housing-yimby</a>-
reforms/686334/

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<p>We build houses out of combustibles.-a</p>
<p>Ten minutes after a fire starts, all the fire department can do
is save your basement.</p>
<p>If the fire department is run by Karen B. Ass, they may not even
show up.</p>
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<p>Maybe we should try poured concrete walls with a concrete lid???-a</p>
<p>Or something that doesn't burn??? Or blow away in a tornado?</p>
<p>Imagine telling the insurance company to go fuck themselves!</p>
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On Tue, 12 May 2026 06:40:27 -0400
Senator Pocketstuffer <senator.pocketstuffer@hillarys.server.dnc> wrote:

On 5/12/26 00:08, Tim Allen wrote:

The main theory of America|ore4raos high housing costs goes like this: Homes are expensive because excessive regulations make it
impossible to build enough of them. This view, most closely
associated with the YIMBY|ore4rCY|ore4+oYes in My Backyard|ore4-Y|ore4rCYmovement,
has become so widespread among policy experts and elected officials
that several states have passed laws loosening housing
restrictions, and a giant federal housing bill encouraging others
to do the same is currently making its way through Congress.

I|ore4raod long been a believer in this theory too. But then I watched
as my home state of California, the birthplace of the YIMBY
movement, spent the better part of a decade passing law after law
designed to make housing easier to build. Each new bill was touted
as the kind of transformative change that would finally bring an
end to the state|ore4raos housing crisis. But months and years would go
by, and nothing would get built. A decade into the YIMBY
experiment, California is still building the same number of homes
annually that it was building when the first laws were passed. What
if everything I thought I knew about the housing crisis was wrong?

I spent the past few months trying to get to the bottom of this
mystery. I spoke with developers, activists, state legislators, and academics both inside and outside California to piece together what
had gone wrong. The answer, it turns out, was not that YIMBYism
failed California, but that California had failed YIMBYism.

|ore4rCY Rog|a-- Karma, staff writer

https://www.theatlantic.com/author/roge-karma/

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026/03/california-housing-yimby- reforms/686334/

We build houses out of combustibles.

Ten minutes after a fire starts, all the fire department can do is
save your basement.

If the fire department is run by Karen B. Ass, they may not even show
up.

Maybe we should try poured concrete walls with a concrete lid???

Or something that doesn't burn??? Or blow away in a tornado?

Imagine telling the insurance company to go fuck themselves!

Recommendations
Walls:
https://www.awarenessranch.com/service-page/lavacrete-construction
Learn to build structural walls with scoria sands (lava rock) and
cement. This material is a a great option for homes and other
structures as well landscape walls due to its strength and ability to
withstand exposure to the elements. Scoria sands are a byproduct of
screening for the lava rock commonly used in landscapes. When utilized
in a building's walls it provides both insulative and structural
properties.
Roofs: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/15wah2u/home_survived_the_recent_fire_in_lahaina_hi/
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/08/do-we-live-in-hades-so-cal-housing-built-for-survival/
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