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Cities are dynamic centers of exchange, innovation, and economic growth, providing the platform where people, ideas, and capital come together. However, the regulations that limit urban development reduce the potential for income mobility and rising standards of living over time. Mercatus research shows how land-use policy reform can reverse the stagnation in our cities and address the systemic problem of housing affordability.
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Exposing the Arbitrariness of Zoning Codes | The Strong Towns Podcast
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Arbitrary Lines, The Case Against Zoning with Nolan Gray, UCLA Lewis Center | Gov Love
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Colorado Moves the Ball on Housing Affordability Reform—Will Other States Pick It Up?
How the Centennial State’s encouraging new policy works and why other states can build off of it to lower their own housing costs.
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Unpacking Emergent Tokyo with author Jorge Almazán | Market Urbanism
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Land Use Regulation and the Growing Cost of Housing | Working Capital: The Real Estate Podcast
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Biden Administration Creates Plan to Increase Affordable Housing | Marketplace Radio
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State Policymakers' Role in Protecting Short-Term Rental Rights in Ohio
Ohio House State and Local Government Committee
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Property Rights Can Protect Attainable Housing in Texas
Texas House of Representatives | Land and Resource Management Committee
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Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Market Outcomes
Testimony before the Cincinnati City Council Equitable Growth and Housing Committee
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Housing Costs in Michigan Are Skyrocketing. Is There Hope on the Horizon? | The Detroit News
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Protecting Property Owners and Housing Affordability in Tennessee
Tennessee Senate Committee on Judiciary
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Rights, Responsibilities, and Preemption in Minnesota
Minnesota Senate Committee on Local Government Policy
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- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Implementing Massachusetts's Ambitious Zoning Law
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Rights, Responsibilities, and Preemption in Minnesota
Minnesota Senate Committee on Housing Finance and Policy
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
The Logic of Preemption in Connecticut
Connecticut Joint Committee on Planning and Development
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Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Maryland
Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Maryland
Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
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- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
The Geography of the Housing Crisis, or How Not to Repeat the Mistakes of 2007
House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
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To Fix Its Housing Crisis, California Must Unleash the Duplex | Bloomberg CityLab
Latest work in Housing
- | Housing Housing
- | Article
Exposing the Arbitrariness of Zoning Codes | The Strong Towns Podcast
- | Housing Housing
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Arbitrary Lines, The Case Against Zoning with Nolan Gray, UCLA Lewis Center | Gov Love
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Colorado Moves the Ball on Housing Affordability Reform—Will Other States Pick It Up?
How the Centennial State’s encouraging new policy works and why other states can build off of it to lower their own housing costs.
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Unpacking Emergent Tokyo with author Jorge Almazán | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Land Use Regulation and the Growing Cost of Housing | Working Capital: The Real Estate Podcast
- | Housing Housing
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Biden Administration Creates Plan to Increase Affordable Housing | Marketplace Radio
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
State Policymakers' Role in Protecting Short-Term Rental Rights in Ohio
Ohio House State and Local Government Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Property Rights Can Protect Attainable Housing in Texas
Texas House of Representatives | Land and Resource Management Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Market Outcomes
Testimony before the Cincinnati City Council Equitable Growth and Housing Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Housing Costs in Michigan Are Skyrocketing. Is There Hope on the Horizon? | The Detroit News
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Protecting Property Owners and Housing Affordability in Tennessee
Tennessee Senate Committee on Judiciary
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Rights, Responsibilities, and Preemption in Minnesota
Minnesota Senate Committee on Local Government Policy
- | Housing Housing
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Implementing Massachusetts's Ambitious Zoning Law
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Rights, Responsibilities, and Preemption in Minnesota
Minnesota Senate Committee on Housing Finance and Policy
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
The Logic of Preemption in Connecticut
Connecticut Joint Committee on Planning and Development
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Maryland
Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Maryland
Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
The Geography of the Housing Crisis, or How Not to Repeat the Mistakes of 2007
House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
To Fix Its Housing Crisis, California Must Unleash the Duplex | Bloomberg CityLab
Latest work in Housing
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Regressive Effects: Causes and Consequences of Selective Consumption Taxation
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Florida Fiscal Policy: Responsible Budgeting in a Growing State
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Certificate-of-Need Laws: Implications for Virginia
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- | Regulation Regulation
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Bringing the Effects of Occupational Licensing into Focus: Optician Licensing in the United States
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Certificate-of-Need Laws: Implications for North Carolina
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Investment-Based Transition Costs Associated with Closing a Public Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- | Regulation Regulation
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Certificate-of-Need Laws: Implications for New Hampshire
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State Fiscal Crises: States’ Abilities to Withstand Recessions
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Three Prescriptions for States to Improve Health Care
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The Crisis in State and Local Pensions
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Breaking Down Department of Defense Grants to State and Local Law Enforcement
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Public-Sector Unions and Government Policy: Reexamining the Effects of Political Contributions and Collective Bargaining Rights
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
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How Often Do Cities Mandate Smart Growth or Green Building?
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Takings and Tax Revenue: Fiscal Impacts of Eminent Domain
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More Sales Tax Exemptions, Higher Sales Tax Rates
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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- | Working Papers Working Papers
Principles of a Privilege-Free Tax System, with Applications to the State of Nebraska
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Sales Taxes and Exemptions
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Ex-Im Funds Flow to Few States, but All Bear the Risks
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Municipal Fiscal Emergency Laws: Background and Guide to State-Based Approaches
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- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Do Certificate-of-Need Laws Increase Indigent Care?
Latest work in Housing
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Natural Resources Can Be a Blessing or a Curse for State Fiscal Conditions
Oil Tax Revenue Volatility and Windfalls
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State Fiscal Health: What Are Common Traits among the Consistently Good and Bad States?
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The Economic Policies Of Florida's Gubernatorial Candidates
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No Need to Fight over the OCC's Fintech Charter
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Why Is Illinois Ranked as the Least Fiscally Healthy State?
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Research Round-Up: North Dakota's Economic Success and Monetary Policy Futures Markets
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Why Is Nebraska Ranked as the Most Fiscally Healthy State?
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Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again
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How Universities Can Help Struggling Areas
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Without Pension Reform, Retirees Lose
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10 Years after the Recession: New Study on the Fiscal Condition of the States
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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What States and Cities Do Right to Promote Innovation
Federalism and Tech Policy
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A Way Forward for Affordable Housing
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How Higher Minimum Wages Impact Employment
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Ben Carson’s Approach to Affordable Housing Might Work
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Thoughts on FTC Economic Liberty Task Force Report & Occupational Licensing Reform
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Vancouver, Cincinnati Show Cities Can Improve Land-Use Regulations
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State Migration Increasingly Driven by Taxes
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More Pro Teams Should Move to the Sun Belt
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