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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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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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Other Cities Show Housing Abundance Is Key to Affordability | Banker & Tradesman
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A Taxonomy of State Accessory Dwelling Unit Laws
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‘Affordable’ Housing Only Makes Phoenix’s Affordability Crisis Worse | The Arizona Republic
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- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
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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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Options for Pennsylvania to Ease Barriers to Housing Construction
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Arizona Housing Affordability Reform Is About To Have Its Moment | Arizona Capitol Times
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Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in North Carolina
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Valid Petitions and Limited Government in Texas
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Cataloguing California’s Cornucopia of Land Use Legislation | Market Urbanism
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Learning from Houston’s Townhouse Reforms
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State Policymakers' Role in Protecting the Right to Build Housing in Colorado
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Allowing Accessory Dwelling Units Would Contribute to Housing Affordability in Texas
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Other Cities Show Housing Abundance Is Key to Affordability | Banker & Tradesman
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Applying XBRL to US State and Local Government Audited Financial Reports
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The California Rule and Its Potential Abolition
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Light Touch Density: A Series of Policy Briefs on Zoning, Land Use, and a Solution to the Nation’s Housing Shortage
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