The council of Maple County, concerned about the county's becoming overdeveloped, is debating a proposed measure that would prevent the development of existing farmland in the county. But the council is also concerned that such a restriction, by limiting the supply of new housing, could lead to significant increases in the price of housing in the county. Proponents of the measure note that Chestnut County established a similar measure ten years ago ,and its housing prices have increased only modestly since. However, opponents of the measure note that Pine County adopted restrictions on the development of new residential housing fifteen years ago, and its housing prices have since more than doubled. The council currently predicts that the proposed measure, if passed, will result in a significant increase in housing prices in Maple County.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.
The author claims that posing restrictions on the development of new housing in Maple county will increase the housing prices significantly. To support his claim, the author provides evidences of situations that had unfold in two other counties where enforcing similar restrictions have resulted in changes in housing prices. The author has failed to consider other factors that could disprove the author’s judgement and undermine its conclusion.
Housing prices are not determined only by the number of houses in a county. There are several other parameters which decide whether the pr...
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