Urban Economics
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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Rising Home Prices Are Mostly from Rising Rents
Abstract: Home prices have been rising, unusually, since the mid-1990s. This increase could be attributed to any number of
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Developers Press on with Apartment Building as Would-Be Homeowners Rent Instead | Marketplace Radio
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Inclusionary Zoning with Emily Hamilton | UCLA's "Housing Voice"
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How Big is the Housing Shortage? | Market Urbanism
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How One City Embraced Zoning Reform for Economic Growth and Community Preservation
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Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options for 2023
As state legislatures meet in a year of inflated rents and record home prices, it remains abundantly clear that housing supply
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State Policymakers' Role in Protecting the Right to Build Workforce Housing in Texas
Chair Cortez, Vice Chair Holland, and members of the House Committee on Urban Affairs, thank you for allowing me to offer
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What Critics of Diversifying Arlington’s Housing get Wrong | The Washington Post
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Zoning Out Growth | City Journal's "10 Blocks"
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Arbitrary Lines: A Conversation About Zoning in American Cities with Nolan Gray
Join author Nolan Gray for an evening of conversation and celebration of the launch of his book “Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning

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Abolish Zoning–All of It | Reason
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How Rent Control Hurts Renters | John Stossel TV
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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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Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring U.S. cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth

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Colorado Moves the Ball on Housing Affordability Reform—Will Other States Pick It Up?
Legislators in Colorado have passed a bill intended to wage a multifront war on the state’s ballooning housing affordability

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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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