One of the biggest cause of the housing crisis and increasing rent in Switzerland is that there is just not enough housing avalaible. But zoning laws in many places prevent building above two or three levels high. If zoning laws couldn’t forbid buildings with at least five levels high, there would be a lot more appartments available in a few years. This would help stabilize the ever increasing rent costs, that are a by product of the housing shortage. It’s really the zoning laws preventing that due to NIMBY and “aesthetics”. It should be allowed in the whole country to build at least five levels high without zoning laws being able to prevent it. submitted by /u/GetOutBasel
Originally posted by u/GetOutBasel on r/Switzerland
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