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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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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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Are Tiny Homes Possible Solution in the Affordable Housing Crisis? | WOSU
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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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How to Streamline Housing Permitting in Connecticut
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How to Streamline Housing Permitting in Virginia
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Houston as an Affordability Model | Market Urbanism
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Hamilton Response to Questions for the Record
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[UPDATED] Resources for Reformers: Houston’s Minimum Lot Sizes | Market Urbanism
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The Effects of Minimum-Lot-Size Reform on Houston Land Values
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This Supreme Court Case From California Could Ease Housing Shortages Everywhere | Los Angeles Times
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Hopefully, AI Will Create a Perpetual Housing Crisis | Market Urbanism
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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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Sheetz v. County of El Dorado
Is a permit exaction exempt from the unconstitutional conditions doctrine simply because it is authorized by legislation?
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An Autopsy of Hsieh & Moretti | Market Urbanism
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Cutting Zoning Down to Size
Reevaluating the Legal Vulnerability of Urban Minimum Lot Sizes
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Conversations That Matter: How Markets Shape Cities | The Vancouver Sun
Latest work in Housing
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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
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
ADU Reform Would Assist Housing Affordability in Nebraska
Nebraska Urban Affairs Committee | LB 1166, Provide requirements for zoning regulations and accessory dwelling units
- | 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
Housing Affordability: Trends, Shocks, and State Legislation
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
How to Streamline Housing Permitting in Connecticut
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How to Streamline Housing Permitting in Virginia
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Houston as an Affordability Model | Market Urbanism
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- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Hamilton Response to Questions for the Record
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[UPDATED] Resources for Reformers: Houston’s Minimum Lot Sizes | Market Urbanism
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- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Effects of Minimum-Lot-Size Reform on Houston Land Values
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
This Supreme Court Case From California Could Ease Housing Shortages Everywhere | Los Angeles Times
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hopefully, AI Will Create a Perpetual Housing Crisis | Market Urbanism
- | 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
An Autopsy of Hsieh & Moretti | Market Urbanism
- | Housing Housing
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Cutting Zoning Down to Size
Reevaluating the Legal Vulnerability of Urban Minimum Lot Sizes
- | Housing Housing
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Conversations That Matter: How Markets Shape Cities | The Vancouver Sun
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Single-Family Zoning and Race: Evidence from the Twin Cities
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New Research Shows How Zoning Slows Racial Integration
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Build-to-Rent Housing Bans: A Case of Zoning Overreach
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Rising Home Prices Are Mostly from Rising Rents
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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
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Regulating without Zoning in Maine Towns
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Rezoning Protest Petitions Are Ripe for Reform
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Foundations and Microfoundations: Building Houses on Regulated Land
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Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options
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Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Market Outcomes
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Build More Houses
How an Incorrect Perception of Housing Supply Fueled the Great Recession and Slowed Recovery
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Legislative Exits From the Land Use Labyrinth
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Ordinances at Work: Seven Communities That Welcome Accessory Dwelling Units
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Inclusionary Zoning Hurts More Than It Helps
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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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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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Arizona Housing Affordability Reform Is About To Have Its Moment | Arizona Capitol Times
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Cataloguing California’s Cornucopia of Land Use Legislation | Market Urbanism
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The Role of ADUs in Easing America's Housing Crisis | Governing
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Other Cities Show Housing Abundance Is Key to Affordability | Banker & Tradesman
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Rent Regulation in MoCo | Market Urbanism
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To Aid Renters, Ease Up on Investors, Landlords | Star Tribune (MN)
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Book Review: HIAHP | Market Urbanism
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Resources for Reformers: Houston’s Minimum Lot Sizes | Market Urbanism
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Why Is It So Hard To Find an Affordable City To Raise a Family? | The New York Times' Twitter Space
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Xiaodi Li, Misunderstood | Market Urbanism
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Welcome Michael Nahas | Market Urbanism
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Zoning Out American Families | Discourse
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Should Governments Nudge Land Assembly? | Market Urbanism
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