The new law attacks barriers to construction. The president still has enormous power to determine who can afford to own.
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Posted inMagazine
To Create Abundant Housing, Ignore the YIMBY Playbook
Washington DC, America’s bluest city, is building more homes per capita than Houston—not with bottom-up zoning reform but with top-down government action.
Posted inEconomy
To Create Abundant Housing, Ignore the YIMBY Playbook
Washington DC, America’s bluest city, is building more homes per capita than Houston—not with bottom-up zoning reform but with top-down government action.
Posted inPolitics
Affordable Housing with a Union Label
Co-op City, the mammoth moderate-income Bronx housing complex, long a New York mainstay, offers lessons on what does and doesn’t work.
Posted inMagazine
Why I Can’t Afford to Live Where I Grew Up
I’m a proud daughter of Arlington, Virginia. But its land use policies are keeping homeownership out of reach for natives like me.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Limits of the Fair Housing Act
A new book shows the importance of the landmark law but also demonstrates that further class-based efforts are needed.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Trump Is Wrong: Affordable Housing Can Help the Suburbs
Studies show that socioeconomically mixed neighborhoods are more prosperous—not crime-ridden.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Can a New Fund Save Utah’s Affordable Housing?
How a public-private partnership is helping people keep their homes during a pandemic.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Case for Nonprofit Housing Developers
The government isn’t providing enough affordable housing and for-profit builders won’t keep rents low.
