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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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Finding the Right Balance | Discourse
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Allowing More Housing Would Contribute To Housing Affordability In Massachusetts
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Rhode Island’s housing process package | Market Urbanism
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Bipartisan Hope for Affordable Housing Emerges in the West | Governing
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Innovative Approaches to Affordable Housing in Northwest Arkansas | "I am Northwest Arkansas"
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Home Price Trends Point to a Worsening Lack of Supply
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Affordable Housing | KTAR Radio (Arizona)
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How DC Densified | Works in Progress
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‘Affordable’ Housing Only Makes Phoenix’s Affordability Crisis Worse | The Arizona Republic
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How a Decline in Home Sales Also Trips up Retail | Marketplace Radio
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Tell It to the Judge: New Lawsuits Take Exclusionary Zoning to Court | Market Urbanism
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What’s Scott Alexander Asking, Anyway? | Market Urbanism
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Zoning Policies Intended To Support Agricultural Abundance Are Failing | Farming Abundance
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How ‘Granny Flats’ Can Help Preserve Texas’ Middle Class | The Dallas Morning News
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Options for Pennsylvania to Ease Barriers to Housing Construction
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Arizona Housing Affordability Reform Is About To Have Its Moment | Arizona Capitol Times
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Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in North Carolina
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Valid Petitions and Limited Government in Texas
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Cataloguing California’s Cornucopia of Land Use Legislation | Market Urbanism
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Learning from Houston’s Townhouse Reforms
Latest work in Housing
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Finding the Right Balance | Discourse
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing More Housing Would Contribute To Housing Affordability In Massachusetts
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rhode Island’s housing process package | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Bipartisan Hope for Affordable Housing Emerges in the West | Governing
- | Housing Housing
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Innovative Approaches to Affordable Housing in Northwest Arkansas | "I am Northwest Arkansas"
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Home Price Trends Point to a Worsening Lack of Supply
- | Housing Housing
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Affordable Housing | KTAR Radio (Arizona)
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How DC Densified | Works in Progress
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‘Affordable’ Housing Only Makes Phoenix’s Affordability Crisis Worse | The Arizona Republic
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- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
How a Decline in Home Sales Also Trips up Retail | Marketplace Radio
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- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Tell It to the Judge: New Lawsuits Take Exclusionary Zoning to Court | Market Urbanism
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What’s Scott Alexander Asking, Anyway? | Market Urbanism
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Zoning Policies Intended To Support Agricultural Abundance Are Failing | Farming Abundance
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How ‘Granny Flats’ Can Help Preserve Texas’ Middle Class | The Dallas Morning News
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Options for Pennsylvania to Ease Barriers to Housing Construction
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Arizona Housing Affordability Reform Is About To Have Its Moment | Arizona Capitol Times
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in North Carolina
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Valid Petitions and Limited Government in Texas
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Cataloguing California’s Cornucopia of Land Use Legislation | Market Urbanism
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Learning from Houston’s Townhouse Reforms
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A Lost Generation but Renewed Hope
Oregon's Pension Crisis and the Road to Reform
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Small Differences in Growth Rates Matter for Illinois's Future
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Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition | 2017 Edition
How does your state rank?
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The State of Occupational Licensure in Illinois
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GASB 67 and GASB 68: What the New Accounting Standards Mean for Public Pension Reporting
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Can the United States Replicate the British Columbia Growth Model?
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Regulation and Economic Growth
Applying Economic Theory to Public Policy
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America’s Infrastructure Isn’t Crumbling
Some Facts on Highway, Road, and Bridge Conditions in the United States
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Improving Funding and Management of Surface Transportation Infrastructure
A Mercatus Policy Primer
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Addressing Concerns with Congestion Pricing
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Infrastructure Finance: A Mercatus Colloquium
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Municipal Bond Insurance after the Financial Crisis
Can It Help Reduce Borrowing Costs for Local Governments?
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Kentucky's Labor Market Recovery after the Great Recession
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Using Regulatory Reform to Boost Growth
The Case of British Columbia
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Mercatus Tools to Reduce State Regulation Levels
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High-Speed Railways
Do They Produce Economic Growth?
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Governing Nebraska's Fiscal Commons
Addressing the Budgetary Squeeze
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The Path to Public Pension Reform
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Can a Federal Public Infrastructure Bank Improve Highway Funding?
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A New Route to Increasing Economic Growth
Reducing Highway Congestion with Autonomous Vehicles
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Give Housing a Fairer (Public) Hearing
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The Unbuildable American Home
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The Right Fix for Opportunity Zones
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Should Virginia preempt local zoning to bring down housing costs?
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Hopeful News on Housing
In 2019, Republican- and Democratic-dominated states and municipalities took some positive steps to encourage construction and improve affordability.
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What Are Homeownership Rates Telling Us?
Homeownership rates are inching up again, and that's great news (if we let it be)
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A Closer Look at Recent Hawaiian Housing Supply Growth
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Housing Supply Growth in Hawaii’s Oahu Island Is Not Exactly Blossoming
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Affordable housing policy backfires in Baltimore, Washington region
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What are “Development Dividends,” and Could They Stimulate New Housing Stock?
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New Bill Would Target Transit Funding to Places that Allow Housing Density
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A Conceptual Starting Point for Housing Affordability and Public Policy
Part Sixteen of Kevin Erdmann's Housing Affordability Series
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Tracking Vermont’s Housing Supply Growth and Decline by Census Tract
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Does Homeownership Really Increase Household Liabilities?
Part Fifteen of Kevin Erdmann's Housing Affordability Series
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Because of Housing, All Taxes on Capital Tend to Be Regressive
Part Fourteen of Kevin Erdmann's Housing Affordability Series
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Tracking Michigan's Housing Supply Growth and Decline by Census Tract
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Income Tax Benefits to Homeowners Are Regressive
Part Thirteen of Kevin Erdmann's Housing Affordability Series
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The Market for Neighborhoods: A Q&A with Salim Furth
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Low Property Taxes and Obstructed Housing Supply Are a Bad Mix
Part Eleven of Kevin Erdmann's Housing Affordability Series
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Property Taxes Can Be a Tax on Monopoly Power
Part Ten of Kevin Erdmann's Housing Affordability Series
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