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And the Oscar for Best Paper Goes To … | Market Urbanism
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The Effects of Minimum-Lot-Size Reform on Houston Land Values
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Breaking Ground: An Examination of Effective State Housing Reforms in 2023
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Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities
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Home Price Trends Point to a Worsening Lack of Supply
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Learning from Houston’s Townhouse Reforms
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Mostly Invisible: The Cost of Valid Petitions in Texas
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Reassessing the Role of Supply and Demand on Housing Bubble Prices
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Housing Reform in Montana | KBUL-AM’s “Montana Talks”
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Transit-Oriented Upzoning in Colorado Can Deliver Jobs, Growth, and Affordability
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Market-Rate Rents Can Serve Moderate-Income Marylanders
Maryland Senate Education, Business, and Administration Subcommittee SB 484, Land Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting
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Legalizing ADUs and Duplexes Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in New Hampshire
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Duplex Reform Would Assist Housing Affordability in Nebraska
Nebraska Urban Affairs Committee | LB 1165, Provide requirements for zoning regulations and duplex housing
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ADU Reform Would Assist Housing Affordability in Nebraska
Nebraska Urban Affairs Committee | LB 1166, Provide requirements for zoning regulations and accessory dwelling units
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Lifting Onerous Occupancy Requirements Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability
New Hampshire House Municipal and County Government Committee House Bill 1281, Relative to zoning restrictions on residential rental property
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Housing Affordability: Trends, Shocks, and State Legislation
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Minimum Lot Size Regulations Are a Barrier to Homeownership in Dallas
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Improving Housing Affordability by Reducing Barriers to Housing Construction
Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance of the US House Committee on Financial Services | Housing Affordability: Governmental Barriers and Market-Based Solutions
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Setting Minimum Zoning Requirements for Multifamily Housing
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Allowing More Housing Would Contribute To Housing Affordability In Massachusetts
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Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Texas
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State Policymakers’ Role in Protecting the Right to Build Housing in Texas
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State Policymakers' Role in Protecting the Right to Build Housing in Montana
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Improving Opportunities for Multifamily Housing in Virginia
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Regulations Are the Main Cause of Inadequate Housing Supply and Rising Rents in Texas
Texas Senate Committee on Local Government
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State Policymakers' Role in Protecting the Right to Build Workforce Housing in Texas
Texas House of Representatives Committee on Urban Affairs
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Housing Affordability in Maine Has Become a Statewide Problem That Demands a Statewide Solution
Maine Joint Committee on Labor and Housing
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State Preemption and Multifamily Housing
Massachusetts General Court, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses Matters Pertaining to Zoning and Housing
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Is Policy Writing a Newscast or an Advertisement? | Discourse
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Houston as an Affordability Model | Market Urbanism
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This Supreme Court Case From California Could Ease Housing Shortages Everywhere | Los Angeles Times
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What the YIMBY Winning Streak Means | Bloomberg CityLab
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What Is Wrong with Henry George-Type Taxation? | City Journal
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Solving America’s Housing Woes or Making Them Worse? | Creators Syndicate
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Zoning Plans Are Wasting Scarce Land Supply | The Vancouver Sun
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Finding the Right Balance | Discourse
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