I'm way late to this one, but have to point out: In Texas, you see bumper stickers that say "Don't California My Texas," and yet that's exactly what some cities are doing through their creative efforts to skirt a new state law allowing multifamily on land zoned commercial. From cities like Arlington and Irving adds ridiculous requirements for expensive amenities, that only makes projects less likely to work (and if they, drive up rents)... And then Frisco takes the cake, acting like a smart alecky high school kid trying to skirt an assignment. They've exploited a loophole in the state law that says land zoned for "heavy industrial" (think oil refineries) is exempt, so they changed their zoning to allow heavy industrial on all land zoned commercial ... effectively neutering the state law, while retaining the right to veto any specific heavy industrial project (which they'd surely do). These cities will claim they know what their cities need and that the state law is overreach, but these childish actions reflect they don't even realize they're "California-ing their Texas." They're more concerned about master plan aesthetics and dated stereotypes of multifamily than they are about ensuring their current and future residents/workers have an affordable place to live. It may take decades to play out, but these types of decisions ultimately backfire in terms of reduced availability and worsened affordability. And just like Los Angeles and other CA cities, cities like Frisco will eventually see affordability worsen -- and they'll blame everyone but themselves for the problems they're creating.

For my friends in Texas: There are 2 bills in the legislature that would help boost housing supply. SB 840 would allow multifamily to be built on underutilized commercial/industrial areas. SB 15 would force cities to allow smaller homes on smaller lots in subdivisions. Contact your legislators to encourage them to support both bills.