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Field Notes

Perspectives on development approvals, housing economics, and the infrastructure that moves projects from paper to construction.

Landvera · 2026

The city approved it. The neighbours didn’t fight it. The design was agreed months earlier. And the project still couldn’t proceed because one number in one report never caught up with a decision everyone had already made.

Reconstructed from the record

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Nobody Said No

We reconstructed completed approval files line by line — every requirement the city raised, every decision made in response, every number that moved. The delay never came from disagreement. It came from changes that only half-landed, documents that couldn't be reconciled, and conditions attached when verification was impossible.

By Justin Shum

August 18, 2026

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NAHB · 2026

Government regulation now accounts for

26.4%

of the final price of a new single-family home

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Housing Affordability Starts Before Construction

Housing affordability is usually discussed as a construction-cost problem. But the latest research from the National Association of Home Builders points to another part of the equation that receives far less attention: the cost created before construction begins.

By Justin Shum

August 18, 2026

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