I think it’s important to be clear about what “lower regulations” should mean. Loosening safety or energy efficiency standards would be bad, but eliminating minimum parking requirements would be good.
(Parking really is the issue here, by the way. For example, an 800 ft^2^ 2-bedroom apartment is forced to become effectively 1200 ft^2^ if code requires 1 parking space per bedroom, singlehandedly driving up costs by more than 50% because concrete parking decks are more expensive per square foot than living space is.)