Aaron Flint Blamed Government Regulations And Zoning For Driving Up Housing Costs And Claimed Government Regulations Accounted For 40% Of The Cost Of Housing
Flint Said “Big Government Regulations” Were What Largely Drove Up The Cost Of Housing
Video: Flint: “We Know That Big Government Regulations Are What Have Largely Driven Up Costs Of Housing.” HOST: “You mentioned in that last answer, affordable housing, because that's a big topic.” FLINT: “Yeah.” HOST: “What is the solution? Because there seems to be different ideas as to how we're going how to go about it.” FLINT: “Well, first, the biggest thing we need right now is jobs, jobs, jobs. If we want to talk affordability, we've got to talk about jobs, jobs, jobs. And for me, what that means is, when you get to Congress, you've got to codify, codify, codify. We've got to get these big government regulations out of the way. We know that big government regulations are what have largely driven up costs of housing as well. So that's the big thing. We've got to make our timber industry great again. We've got to get folks cleaning up our forests again, making our forests healthy again.” [NBC Montana via YouTube, 11:11, 3/17/26] (VIDEO)
Flint Claimed Government Regulations And Red Tape Accounted For 40% Of The Cost Of Housing
Flint: “40% Of The Cost Of Housing Simply Comes Down To Government Regulations And Red Tape.” “40% of the cost of housing simply comes down to government regulations and red tape. That was one of the major takeaways during my recent chat with a great Bozeman, Montana homebuilder- Eugene Graf. Graf is a former President of the Southwest Montana Building Industry Association and the Montana Building Industry Association. Given all of the news coverage that housing has been getting during this 2024 election cycle, why not actually hear from someone who actually builds housing?” [Montana Talks, Aaron Flint Column, 10/29/24]
- Montana Talks Flint Op-Ed Headline: “A Major Reason Housing In Montana Is So Expensive.” [Montana Talks, Aaron Flint Column, 10/29/24]
Flint Said Montana Homebuilder Eugene Graf Told Him Government Regulations And Red Tape Accounted For 40% Of The Cost Of Housing. “40% of the cost of housing simply comes down to government regulations and red tape. That was one of the major takeaways during my recent chat with a great Bozeman, Montana homebuilder- Eugene Graf. Graf is a former President of the Southwest Montana Building Industry Association and the Montana Building Industry Association. Given all of the news coverage that housing has been getting during this 2024 election cycle, why not actually hear from someone who actually builds housing?” [Montana Talks, Aaron Flint Column, 10/29/24]
Flint Amplified A Letter That Blamed Planning And Zoning Departments For The Housing Shortage
In A Column, Flint Shared A Letter From Evelyn Pyburn That Blamed Planning And Zoning Departments For The Housing Shortage. “Evelyn Pyburn with the Big Sky Business Journal was listening in and sent me this email following the show: ‘I just have to add to your conversation of the broad disrespect for property rights. The violation of property rights in the US has its own government agency and it has offices in almost every town – planning and zoning departments, which get about three-fourths of their funding from the federal government. It is because of them that we have a housing shortage.’” [Montana Talks, Aaron Flint Column, 1/13/26]
Flint Amplified Pyburn’s Concern About “Disrespect Of Private Property Rights.” “There is not just a disrespect of law enforcement that is being tolerated in America, there is also a tolerance for the disrespect of private property rights that has gotten out of control. That's what Evelyn Pyburn with the Big Sky Business Journal has to say. On Thursday morning, David Knobel and I were talking about the attacks on law enforcement in Minnesota, Portland and elsewhere, and about the broader disrespect of law enforcement that is being increasingly tolerated in America.” [Montana Talks, Aaron Flint Column, 1/13/26]