[algem]

converting these buildings to homes would solve a lot these issues. Local business can’t survive from locals? What about the inverse of the increased economic activity in the community these workers live in instead of commute to? There has to be solutions that work for everyone besides forcing everyone back to office.

[Tanjreeve]

The same people wailing about their commercial real estate investments going south will probably start wailing about their residential investments going south if a glut of residential property was released onto the market from relaxed zoning. The only solution according to the MSM is going to amount to communism for property investors.

[tonyedgecombe]

We've been doing that in the UK and it hasn't gone well. Office buildings make poor homes. Better to tear them down and build something more suitable.