Denver housing shortage problem?

[tickyul]

What if the dynamics of some current housing-markets is such that more housing does not lower or even stabilize the cost of a home, maybe even drives prices up at an even faster rate?

[davebarnes]

Speaking of water.
Read this
Wash Park Prophet: The Limits Of Cheap Construction
Scroll down to just below “Castle Rock” heading.

[DenverBrian]

Originally Posted by Brianmedia

What does any of this have to do with the article?

Also "Denver is land locked" != having to build up with higher density. just the opposite.

If Denver = City and County of Denver, then yes, it's landlocked. Can't annex any more land into Denver the city.

If Denver = Denver metro area, then obviously not landlocked. Can build to the Kansas border if necessary.

[wilberry]

horizontal property regime :
Neighborhoods with certain types of residential zoning. They're allowed in areas zoned for one-family and two-family residential buildings ("R" zoning in Metro parlance). These neighborhoods may have attached duplexes and "detached duplexes," as is the case of many tall skinny houses. Also, they're being built in some neighborhoods with strictly single-family residential zoning ("RS" zoning)

these are not inexpensive either ..

[brown_dog_us]

Denver and some of the other old cities have plenty of water for residential growth. The problem is we have no sprawl because the cities with water can't expand. Denver is limited by the legislature and Boulder is limited by their ring of open space.

As for NIMBYism, why should someone living on a nice quiet street be forced to bear the burden of providing more housing? Just because it can be forced down their throats? The solution is to allow Denver to expand it's city limits and to nudge other cities into selling their extra water.