Latest work in Housing Affordability
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Less but Better Zoning
- | Housing Housing
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Colorado Can Improve Housing Affordability by Requiring a Health and Safety Basis for Occupancy Limits
Colorado Senate Local Government and Housing Committee | House Bill 24-1007, The HOME (Harmonizing Occupancy Measures Equitably) Act
- | Housing Housing
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Transit-Oriented Upzoning in Colorado Can Deliver Jobs, Growth, and Affordability
Colorado House of Representatives, Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee | HB 24-1313 Housing in Transit-Oriented Communities
- | Housing Housing
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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
- | Housing Housing
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Accessory Dwelling Units Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in Colorado
Colorado House Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee, HB24-1152, Accessory Dwelling Units
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Legalizing ADUs and Duplexes Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in New Hampshire
- | Housing Housing
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Are Tiny Homes Possible Solution in the Affordable Housing Crisis? | WOSU
- | Housing Housing
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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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Hamilton Response to Questions for the Record
- | Housing Housing
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Minimum Lot Size Regulations Are a Barrier to Homeownership in Dallas
- | Housing Housing
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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
- | Housing Housing
- | Amicus Briefs Amicus Briefs
Sheetz v. County of El Dorado
Is a permit exaction exempt from the unconstitutional conditions doctrine simply because it is authorized by legislation?
- | Housing Housing
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Gentrification: An LVT Would Do That | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
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Will Congestion Pricing Hurt Cities? | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing More Housing Would Contribute To Housing Affordability In Massachusetts
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Bipartisan Hope for Affordable Housing Emerges in the West | Governing
- | Housing Housing
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Affordable Housing | KTAR Radio (Arizona)
Latest work in Housing Affordability
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Less but Better Zoning
- | Housing Housing
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Colorado Can Improve Housing Affordability by Requiring a Health and Safety Basis for Occupancy Limits
Colorado Senate Local Government and Housing Committee | House Bill 24-1007, The HOME (Harmonizing Occupancy Measures Equitably) Act
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Transit-Oriented Upzoning in Colorado Can Deliver Jobs, Growth, and Affordability
Colorado House of Representatives, Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee | HB 24-1313 Housing in Transit-Oriented Communities
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
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
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Accessory Dwelling Units Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in Colorado
Colorado House Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee, HB24-1152, Accessory Dwelling Units
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Legalizing ADUs and Duplexes Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in New Hampshire
- | Housing Housing
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Are Tiny Homes Possible Solution in the Affordable Housing Crisis? | WOSU
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
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
- | Housing Housing
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Hamilton Response to Questions for the Record
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Minimum Lot Size Regulations Are a Barrier to Homeownership in Dallas
- | Housing Housing
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
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
- | Housing Housing
- | Amicus Briefs Amicus Briefs
Sheetz v. County of El Dorado
Is a permit exaction exempt from the unconstitutional conditions doctrine simply because it is authorized by legislation?
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Gentrification: An LVT Would Do That | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Will Congestion Pricing Hurt Cities? | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing More Housing Would Contribute To Housing Affordability In Massachusetts
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Bipartisan Hope for Affordable Housing Emerges in the West | Governing
- | Housing Housing
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Affordable Housing | KTAR Radio (Arizona)
Latest work in Housing Affordability
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Less but Better Zoning
- | Housing Housing
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Learning from Houston’s Townhouse Reforms
- | Housing Housing
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Mostly Invisible: The Cost of Valid Petitions in Texas
Legislators Ought to either Reform the Valid Petition Process To Be Less Onerous and More Democratic or Do Away With It Altogether
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Decomposing Housing Unaffordability
- | Housing Housing
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Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Market Outcomes
- | Housing Housing
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Build More Houses
How an Incorrect Perception of Housing Supply Fueled the Great Recession and Slowed Recovery
- | Housing Housing
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Legislative Exits From the Land Use Labyrinth
- | Housing Housing
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Ordinances at Work: Seven Communities That Welcome Accessory Dwelling Units
- | Housing Housing
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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
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Commuting
- | Housing Housing
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When the Moratorium Expires: Three Quick Steps to Reduce Eviction
- | Housing Housing
- | Research Papers Research Papers
New Urban Econ Research Shows the Macroeconomic Benefits of Big Cities
- | Housing Housing
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California Can Improve Housing and Transit by Preempting Local Ordinances
- | Housing Housing
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California Zoning: Housing Construction and a New Ranking of Local Land Use Regulation
Ranking California’s Cities on the Stringency of Land Use Regulation

- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Development Dividends: Sharing Equity to Overcome Opposition to Housing
- | Housing Housing
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Do Minimum-Lot-Size Regulations Limit Housing Supply in Texas?
Latest work in Housing Affordability
- | Housing Housing
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Are Tiny Homes Possible Solution in the Affordable Housing Crisis? | WOSU
- | Housing Housing
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Affordable Housing | KTAR Radio (Arizona)
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Zoning Our Way Through It | The Weeds Podcast
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Mercatus Policy Download Mercatus Policy Download
Land Use Without Zoning: Putting Ideas into Practice
What can the city of Houston teach us about land use and zoning?

- | Housing Housing
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Emily Hamilton on Political Economy with James Pethokoukis - Fixing America’s Housing Problem
- | Housing Housing
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Emily Hamilton on WHYY - Special Zoning Districts
- | Housing Housing
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Emily Hamilton on C-SPAN - Housing Policy Under Biden (Part 1)
- | Housing Housing
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Emily Hamilton on C-SPAN - Housing Policy Under Biden (Part 2)
- | Housing Housing
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Emily Hamilton on C-SPAN - Housing Policy Under Biden (Part 3)
- | Housing Housing
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Emily Hamilton on C-SPAN - Housing Policy Under Biden (Part 4)
Latest work in Housing Affordability
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Colorado Can Improve Housing Affordability by Requiring a Health and Safety Basis for Occupancy Limits
Colorado Senate Local Government and Housing Committee | House Bill 24-1007, The HOME (Harmonizing Occupancy Measures Equitably) Act
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Transit-Oriented Upzoning in Colorado Can Deliver Jobs, Growth, and Affordability
Colorado House of Representatives, Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee | HB 24-1313 Housing in Transit-Oriented Communities
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
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
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Accessory Dwelling Units Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in Colorado
Colorado House Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee, HB24-1152, Accessory Dwelling Units
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Legalizing ADUs and Duplexes Can Help Unlock Housing Affordability in New Hampshire
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
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
- | Housing Housing
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Hamilton Response to Questions for the Record
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Minimum Lot Size Regulations Are a Barrier to Homeownership in Dallas
- | Housing Housing
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
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
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing More Housing Would Contribute To Housing Affordability In Massachusetts
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
State Policymakers’ Role in Protecting the Right to Build Housing in Texas
- | 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
Housing Affordability in Maine Has Become a Statewide Problem That Demands a Statewide Solution
Maine Joint Committee on Labor and Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
The State versus Single-Family Zoning
Testimony before the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Municipal and County Government Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
HUD Can Use Housing Market Data to Inform Fair Housing Accountability
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Triplexes Would Lower Rent in Maryland
Testimony before the Maryland General Assembly, Environment and Transportation Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Missing Middle Development Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Nebraska
Testimony before the Nebraska Legislature, Urban Affairs Committee
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Preempting Bans on Duplexes Can Improve Housing Affordability through Property Rights
Testimony before the Virginia House of Delegates, Counties, Cities, and Towns Committee, Land Use Subcommittee
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Virginia
Testimony before the Virginia House of Delegates, Counties, Cities, and Towns Committee, Land Use Subcommittee
- | Housing Housing
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Fewer Restrictions on Lending Can Make Housing More Affordable
Latest work in Housing Affordability
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Gentrification: An LVT Would Do That | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Will Congestion Pricing Hurt Cities? | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Bipartisan Hope for Affordable Housing Emerges in the West | Governing
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
‘Affordable’ Housing Only Makes Phoenix’s Affordability Crisis Worse | The Arizona Republic
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Role of ADUs in Easing America's Housing Crisis | Governing
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rent Regulation in MoCo | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
To Aid Renters, Ease Up on Investors, Landlords | Star Tribune (MN)
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Zoning Out American Families | Discourse
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why We Need To Achieve Housing Abundance | Discourse
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The YIMBYest City in America | Discourse
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Eviction Moratoria Could Increase Homelessness
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How to Increase Housing Flexibility for Low-Income Americans
Reforming and expanding Section 8 provides an opportunity for federal lawmakers to address the housing affordability crisis.

- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Interest Rates and Home Prices
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Here's How To Make President Biden's Housing Initiative Work
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Cities Need a Building Boom To Avoid a Housing Bubble
We need to let housing construction be cyclical again and should embrace more lenient urban land use administration. Some cities are considering this now.
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How Policymakers Can Improve Housing Affordability
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Filling North Carolina’s Housing Gaps
A state bill would open up the Tar Heel State to new housing

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How to End the War over the Future of the Suburbs
To replace exclusion with inclusion and bring housing costs down, Americans need to embrace a vision of suburbia that includes growth and change.