"Don't Ban Smoking in Public Housing"
Proposed rule treats poor people like children and exposes government paternalism at its most naked.
Housing Policy
San Francisco's Horrible Anti-Airbnb Initiative Rejected
Proposition F would have been a lawsuit factory for NIMBY neighbors.
'Affordable Housing' Policies Have Made Housing Less Affordable
Progressive politicians from L.A. to New York face a crisis partly of their own making
Show Me a Hero: Fear and Loathing in Yonkers
Public housing politics takes center stage in David Simon's new HBO miniseries.
Here's How Regulators Create Problems, Not Solve Them
Government means never having to say you're sorry
Does Affordable Housing Perpetuate Racial Segregation?
A new lawsuit claims New York's affordable housing program discriminates against blacks and Latinos.
The 'Affordable Housing' Bait and Switch, California Style
Redefining language to arrive at anti-market solutions to government-exacerbated problems
Rent Control Bomb Set Off in New York City by De Blasio Rent Guidelines Board
Neutron bombs could not have emptied and destroyed the Bronx more effectively than did rent control.
California "Inclusionary Zones" Exclude Most People From Affordable Housing
The quest for affordable housing drives up costs for many for the benefit of a few
Liberal Policies vs. Affordable Housing
The chronic shortage of inexpensive housing is really a blaring signal for government to get out of the way.
Bill De Blasio's Affordable Housing Shakedown
The latest economic nonsense from the mayor of New York City.
Anti-Airbnb Rat Finks Do Freelance Urban Planning; They Know the Best Use for Everyone's Property!
Whether or not the "sharing economy" is properly communal, it better satisfies human needs. Naturally people want to kill it.
How San Francisco's Progressive Policies Are Hurting the Poor
Left-wing regulations are increasing inequality, reducing affordable housing, and killing economic opportunities.
A Luxury Manhattan Building To Include a Separate 'Poor Door' for Less Affluent Tenants. Is It 'Segregation'?
New York's clownish political leaders are in a tizzy.
New York City's Affordable Housing Bonanza for the Rich
Housing subsidies go to families making up to $193K.
The City of Chicago Battles Blight—By Paying for Granite Counter Tops in a Gentrifying Neighborhood
How not to deal with abandoned foreclosed homes.
The Answer to Detroit's Problems: Rich Guys Calling Each Other to Discuss Their 'Neat' Ideas
J.P. Morgan "rolls up its sleeves" and gets to work in saving Detroit.
When the Government Is the Slum Lord
At least the private ones aren't subsidized by taxpayers
Transforming a Tower
An abandoned real estate project becomes a hive of self-organized activity.
ACLU Sues Over Federal Housing Finance Agency's Opposition Using Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Mortgages, Demands Details of Relationships with Banks Disclosed
Irvington, NJ trying to be second city in the nation to use the tactic
San Francisco 'Values' Pricing Poor Out of the City
Rent control is killing the city's stock of apartments.
How Government Intervention Stifles Immigrants in Europe
Government policies are preventing Europe from enjoying the social and economic benefits of immigration
Federal Aid Slow to Get to Homeowners
Three years after launch of foreclosure assistance program, only 22 percent of money has been distributed
Bank of America to Eliminate 3,000 Mortgage-Related Jobs
Following decline in loan portfolio
