How many of them are starter homes? Majority of the home constructions I came across is always above 3.5k sqft homes, some are McManison. It is great about 1.5 million housing units, we need starter houses than 4k sqft homes.
Doesn't seem to have done much to keep housing prices under control, and houses still sell so fast that you blink and a new listing will be gone. We can't possibly be a major location for internal migration—not like cities in California or Texas or anything of that sort—so IDK what's up with that. My 20ish year old McMansion has increased in value about 30% over the last two years, and was already way up from just a few years earlier. WTF.
I think of the ugliness of the facades as a bonus that would drive wealthier people to other buildings once options open up a bit.
See e.g. Portland, Oregon's façade articulation guidelines: https://www.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2020/lu_buildin...
Fed/State government can issues credits/tax relief for "investors" who build MDUs but somehow starter homes are off the table?
It's not all doom and gloom, Habitat For Humanity appears to be the only outfit that's building affordable houses/starter homes, helps when you get a nice influx of money going into that program (thanks MacKenzie Scott).