Tag: Housing

Washington may finally be aligning around the idea that housing affordability depends on building more homes.

Across much of the United States, housing shortages are often described as market failures or affordability crises. But many economists ...

In parts of California, inheritance is no longer incidental to homeownership. It is becoming central to it.

When new units come online, they reduce demand pressure in the units households leave behind. Over time, that effect extends ...

The Illinois debate underscores a structural reality: zoning authority is a delegation from the state. States created municipalities and retain ...

Data centers generate tax revenue and support the digital economy. Those benefits are real. But they also consume large tracts ...

When demand increases in a place where new housing can be built relatively easily, builders respond. Over time, more supply ...

From the Missouri Independent

For municipal leaders, the real takeaway is this: any meaningful improvement in affordability will require building more homes. Whether your ...

Over the last half-century, we’ve built a governing regime designed to stop government from doing harm. And it largely succeeded. ...