Seed Eco-Homes – How to Build or Acquire One
With the completion of the open source Seed Eco-Home, and the final step of selling the house on the open market – we can now offer a number of ways that you can build or acquire a Seed Eco-Home. But let’s talk about solving housing first. The problem is an under-supply of housing. This is not controversial. The answer? Build more housing! This is controversial. Because there is plenty of land, but regulations monopolize access. This is how it is. Why? Because people want it this way. Houses in the USA do not serve the primary function of a ‘home.’ Houses serve the primary function of an ‘investment.’ This outlook incentivises artificial scarcity in housing – both through land access, regulations, and through build costs. This is just another part of scarcity-based economic systems that OSE aims to address. NIMBY is real for homeowners scared of the ‘bad element’, or the other way – a nice new house increasing their taxes if they are in a poor neighborhood. YIMBY is an answer – with some cities adopting ordinances allowing the building of a second smaller house on a lot. A bet