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Zoning Out American Families | Discourse
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Mostly Invisible: The Cost of Valid Petitions in Texas
The Texas legislature is currently considering reforms to its valid petition law. Valid petitions are an obscure zoning
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Why We Need To Achieve Housing Abundance | Discourse
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The YIMBYest City in America | Discourse
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Protecting Property Owners and Housing Affordability in Tennessee
Thank you, Chair Bell, vice chairs Rose and White, and members of the committee. I am Emily Hamilton, a senior research fellow
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Housing Affordability in Maine Has Become a Statewide Problem That Demands a Statewide Solution
Thank you, Chair Daughtry, Chair Sylvester, and members of the committee. I am Emily Hamilton, a senior research fellow at the
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How Eviction Moratoria Could Increase Homelessness
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Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options
As state legislatures reconvene under the shadow of a lingering pandemic, it remains abundantly clear that housing supply is
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How to Increase Housing Flexibility for Low-Income Americans
Skyrocketing real estate prices are creating a housing affordability crisis for middle and lower-income Americans. Through a

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Interest Rates and Home Prices
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Zoning Our Way Through It | The Weeds Podcast
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Here's How To Make President Biden's Housing Initiative Work
The federal government should identify and direct housing funds to localities that have demonstrated their willingness to build
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Decomposing Housing Unaffordability
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Land Use Without Zoning: Putting Ideas into Practice
Welcome to The Bridge Policy Download, produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Zoning and land use policy
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Land Use Restrictions and Legislative Reform
Emily Hamilton joins Kimberly Hermann and Braden Boucek on the Federalist Society's Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth
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Cities Need a Building Boom To Avoid a Housing Bubble
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How Policymakers Can Improve Housing Affordability
AEI Fellow James Pethokoukis has questions about housing affordability. Emily Hamilton has answers. Read more at the American
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Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Market Outcomes
As regions across the United States experience high and rising house prices, inclusionary zoning has become more popular as a
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Build More Houses
Most debates about the causes of the Great Recession and the financial crisis accept the following premise: Too many homes had