Land Use Regulation

News and Commentary Edward J. Pinto and Tobias Peter in MarketWatch observe the rising cost of entry-level housing and argue it can be lowered by abolishing single-family zoning. AEI's James [...]

News and Commentary Randy Shaw of BeyondChron writes about Dennis Richards, the San Francisco Planning Commissioner, who engaged in real estate speculation, aggressive eviction tactics for his tenants, and other underhanded [...]

News and Commentary An op-ed in The New York Times directly rebuts the claims made by Bernie Sanders on the affordability crisis in the Bay Area--specifically that Big Tech is responsible [...]

News and Commentary Portland is finally trying to address its lack of middle housing (constructions in between single-family houses and apartment buildings).  The Residential Infill Project aims to encourage homeowners [...]

News and Commentary Seattle just added language to its 20-year growth plan about expanding accessory dwelling units and middle housing.  The move is an overdue baby step in the right [...]

News and Commentary Bernie Sanders, ever the enemy of Big-X, has repeated the popular claim that it is big tech that is responsible for the housing crisis in Silicon Valley. [...]

News and Commentary A piece from The Atlantic discusses the breakthrough  Minneapolis 2040, which essentially abolished single-family zoning in Minneapolis. One of the most successful strategies was pointing out how sky-high [...]

News and Commentary Christian Britschgi has an article in Reason about how Facebook's plan to solve the state's housing affordability problem will fail to resolve the affordability crisis as long as restrictive [...]

News and Commentary Erin Petenko of VTDigger details how affordable housing advocates in Vermont are planning to confront NIMBYism. The Wharton school at the University of Pennsylvania has a podcast [...]