These are factors, but what&#x27;s discussed in the article is not regulation due to safety, but regulation due to existing homeowners in the neighborhood not wanting their property values to go down as a result of the increased supply. That&#x27;s just brazen market manipulation via control of the city government. Cities should have a role in making sure construction is safe. They shouldn&#x27;t, in my opinion, have one in protecting the financial assets of incumbent homeowners.