Land Use Regulation

Rent Check The Democratic Presidential primaries are bringing a previously ignored issue front and center: the needs of renters. The rise of a coalition of renters advocating for policies that [...]

Homeownership has long been fetishized in American politics. Even when elected officials reach out to renters, it’s usually in the context of getting them to own their own homes. But [...]

Rent Check Christian Britschgi in Reason on how a selectively enforced Nashville ordinance prevents home studios from participating in the city's $5 billion music industry.   News and Commentary AEI has a [...]

In Reason, Christian Britschgi writes about how a Nashville ordinance that makes it illegal to have a home business restricts the ability of independent musicians to commercialize their creative works [...]

Rent Check What happens when you restrict the supply of new apartments? Wealthy single-residents move to more spacious apartments designed for families, which drives up their rent.   News and [...]

A new study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University finds that the artificially constrained supply of housing in urban areas makes it more difficult for families [...]

News and Commentary Third Way's Ryan Bhandari points to zoning reform as one policy space that can help slow the economic migration to the Coasts. It is a crucial step [...]

Rent Check A recent paper explains why the average profit for landlords is significantly higher in low-income neighborhoods than it is in middle- and high-income ones.   News and Commentary The Center [...]

“Rent,” as in “rent-seeking,” refers to above-normal profits not attributable to productive activity (as opposed to normal profit or producer surplus). Because rents are considered to be unearned or ill-gotten, [...]

Rent Check California's SB 50 recently saw some revisions. Despite continued NIMBY complaints, these changes improve the bill. In The New York Times, Nellie Bowles discusses how a new crop of tech millionaires [...]