Land Use Regulation

News and Commentary Matthew Haag writes in The New York Times about the New York City affordable housing lottery and the massive scramble of residents who apply for one of [...]

News and Commentary Leah Brooks, Genevieve Denoeux, and Jenny Schuetz write in a post for the Brookings Institution blog The Avenue about the Washington, D.C. region's need for more housing [...]

News and Commentary Harvard economist Ed Glaeser and former New York City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett were interviewed on To The Point, a podcast from KCRW, an NPR affiliate in [...]

News and Commentary A pandemic highlights the obvious risks associated with greater urban density, but Anthony DeDousis in City Commentary took a dive into the data, finding that poverty and [...]

News and Commentary: A recent news report in Reason finds local governments in California are stalling construction of backyard cottages, an ideal way to increase density during a pandemic. Deregulating [...]

News and Commentary Economic Innovation Group has a second report on neighborhood poverty in addition to the one we covered last week, forming a project on the topic as a [...]

News and Commentary Brookings Institute has a new report on how Covid-19 might impact the impressive growth rate that has been seen in the last decade for metropolitan downtowns across [...]

News and Commentary Christian Britschgi writes in Reason about a new bill introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The bill would cancel all rent and mortgage payments until a [...]

News and Commentary A hotel in Portland, Oregon sold by one private company to another in December is receiving renewed controversy as the city's Metro authority lays off workers. A [...]

News and Commentary Jeff Wood writes in Greater Greater Washington about density in light of the Covid-19 epidemic. He provides many helpful links on how the virus is affecting urban [...]