Housing is `our problem'; the solution is to say yes to construction

>>>This commentary should be required reading for all current and aspiring politicians in the SF Bay Area:

MY VIEW: By Stephen Levy

THE hardest part of making housing available and affordable to more residents is deciding we really want to.

It is ambivalence about solving the problem, not a lack of easy solutions, that keeps private sector employers, school districts, hospitals and public safety departments wondering how they are going to hire new engineers, teachers, nurses, doctors and firefighters.

We must all look ourselves in the mirror and ask two tough questions:

• Can we maintain economic prosperity without more housing?

• Is it fair not to allow more housing to be built?

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