Washington’s housing push is real. The biggest barriers remain local
Washington may finally be aligning around the idea that housing affordability depends on building more homes.
When states require cities to plan for housing growth
Across much of the United States, housing shortages are often described as market failures or affordability crises. But many economists...
Opportunity Zones and the limits of place-based development policy
A large share of the employment gains within Opportunity Zones appears to be offset by job losses in nearby communities....
When inheritance becomes housing policy
In parts of California, inheritance is no longer incidental to homeownership. It is becoming central to it.
Build more housing. Yes, even the expensive kind
When new units come online, they reduce demand pressure in the units households leave behind. Over time, that effect extends...
Illinois tests the limits of local zoning control
The Illinois debate underscores a structural reality: zoning authority is a delegation from the state. States created municipalities and retain...
What Missouri can learn from Kansas’s budget crisis
From The Topeka Capital-Journal
When data centers crowd out housing
Data centers generate tax revenue and support the digital economy. Those benefits are real. But they also consume large tracts...
Inequality matters in housing—but supply still sets the price
When demand increases in a place where new housing can be built relatively easily, builders respond. Over time, more supply...
The stadium subsidy debate is over and economists have moved on
“The state of current research findings is so united in opposition that the burden of proof rests squarely on subsidy...
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