Tag: Regulation

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

By resolving code compliance questions upfront, cities can reduce delays that add carrying costs and risk to housing projects.

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

For much of the postwar era, the starter home served as a practical entry point into the housing market. It ...

St. Paul’s rent control ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent for most units, regardless of turnover or inflation. ...

Minimum lot size requirements restrict the number of homes that can be built, even where demand and infrastructure support more. ...

Pre-approved housing plans are a pragmatic, cost-effective way to deliver that. Builders get speed and certainty. Residents get homes. Governments ...

What’s missing is not just housing but a holistic view of families as integral to civic health. Policies that make ...

The core of Baltimore’s reforms is regulatory simplification. By removing a mandated minimum of off‑street parking, the city lowers one ...

California is right to take wildfires seriously—2023 alone saw 7,000 fires and over 300,000 acres burned statewide. But climate resilience ...