whiche need affordable housing. affordable housing. the activists who hear the most about it are often the ones who do the most to keep us from that. they are the central planners who want to stop apartment owners were offering a i fordable houseford affordable housing. they are the anti gentrification politicians who push rules and make it harder for people to live where they want to live. they are the zoning zealots who declare it is illegal to live in little homes like these. they impose so many rules every house costs more. harvard study found that cities with topugh zoning rules make it time consuming to build they increase the cost by 46,000 dollars. washington, d.c. former director of planning i hate to make