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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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Townscaper: The Anti-SimCity
A new addition to the city-building game genre comes close to capturing how cities emerged for much of human history.
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How a Tysons Task Force Built a Road Map for Redevelopment
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How Substantial Park Requirements May Challenge Walkability Goals in Tysons
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Analyzing the Unfunded Pension Risk of Local Governments
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Assigned and Unassigned General Fund Balances before the Pandemic
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Liberalizing Land Use Regulations: The Case of Houston
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Want More Housing? Ending Single-Family Zoning Won’t Do It.
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Fairfax County found a way to upzone in Tysons with minimal roadblocks
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The Politics of Redevelopment Planning in Tysons and Outcomes 10 Years Later
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Ten years into redevelopment, is Tysons what we envisioned?
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A Legal Challenge to the Big Apple's Newest Rent-Control Laws
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Economic Uncertainty
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Housing Restrictions
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Commuting
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When the Moratorium Expires: Three Quick Steps to Reduce Eviction
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Here’s a snapshot of how the Silver Line has impacted the Metrorail system and Tysons commuters
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Tysons housing permits are ahead of plan, but walkability lags behind
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New Urban Econ Research Shows the Macroeconomic Benefits of Big Cities
Latest work in Housing
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Townscaper: The Anti-SimCity
A new addition to the city-building game genre comes close to capturing how cities emerged for much of human history.
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How a Tysons Task Force Built a Road Map for Redevelopment
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What’s a Stickplex?
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Substantial Park Requirements May Challenge Walkability Goals in Tysons
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Analyzing the Unfunded Pension Risk of Local Governments
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Assigned and Unassigned General Fund Balances before the Pandemic
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Liberalizing Land Use Regulations: The Case of Houston
![skyline-1509136_1920.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/skyline-1509136_1920.jpg?itok=3awEiWS2)
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Want More Housing? Ending Single-Family Zoning Won’t Do It.
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Fairfax County found a way to upzone in Tysons with minimal roadblocks
- | Housing Housing
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Politics of Redevelopment Planning in Tysons and Outcomes 10 Years Later
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Ten years into redevelopment, is Tysons what we envisioned?
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Legal Challenge to the Big Apple's Newest Rent-Control Laws
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Policies to Help Communities Recover: Economic Uncertainty
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Policies to Help Communities Recover: Housing Restrictions
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Policies to Help Communities Recover: Commuting
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
When the Moratorium Expires: Three Quick Steps to Reduce Eviction
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Here’s a snapshot of how the Silver Line has impacted the Metrorail system and Tysons commuters
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Tysons housing permits are ahead of plan, but walkability lags behind
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- | Research Papers Research Papers