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On 2026-03-11 @evanjconrad wrote that restricting new housing creation will not…

2026-05-09 · 22:31 UTC ·@evanjconrad ·1 min read

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@evanjconrad (posted 2026-03-11) argues that restricting new housing will not lower rents, calling such policies as absurd as 'lighting fire to the farms.' He invokes Rep. Pramila Jayapal's statement that Seattle faces a severe housing crisis—workers priced out, frozen assistance lists—and frames housing as a human right.

Why it matters

On 2026-03-11 @evanjconrad wrote that restricting new housing creation will not decrease rent, expressing confusion and likening the idea to 'lighting fire to the farms.'

Key details

  • He quotes Rep. Pramila Jayapal describing Seattle's housing crisis: teachers, nurses and transit workers can't afford rent, housing assistance waiting lists are frozen, and she calls it a policy failure and a human-rights issue.
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genuinely im so confused how people still can believe that restricting new housing creation would decrease rent

no explanation ever seems to be given, its like watching someone say we should feed the poor by lighting fire to the farms

Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal)

Seattle has one of the worst housing crises in the country. I see it every time I’m home in my district.

People working full-time jobs who can’t afford rent. Teachers, nurses, and transit workers who can’t live in the city they serve. Families on housing assistance waiting lists that have been frozen for years.

This is a policy failure, not an inevitability.

We built this crisis by choosing developers over people. We can choose differently.

Housing is a human right. We fight for it like one.

— https://nitter.net/PramilaJayapal/status/2053097865669410835#m