Housing Policy
Washington's Lousy Real Estate Portfolio
Federal housing bureaucracies are failing. They need to fail faster.
Redevelopment Leaves Behind $30 Billion Debt, Hundred-Millions in "Other Expenditures"
Doomed agencies should sell off their property and disappear.
Chicago Crosses the Line In Trying to Maintain Property Values
Banks that comply with Chicago's new law may be liable for burglary, trespassing, or similar crimes.
The Affordable Housing Scam
Raking over the politicians, regulators, brokers, and bankers who caused the financial crisis
"The Politician's Incentive Is to Hide Costs"
The Economist's Ryan Avent on how local governments and NIMBYs have driven up urban housing prices.
The Myth of the Middle Class Mortgage Deduction
The mortgage interest deduction no longer primarily benefits the middle class
The Debt Ceiling Walks the Red Carpet
If Congress and the president can't agree on spending cuts, they should consider ending Fannie and Freddie in exchange for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling.
