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Activists who would like to see more housing built and people who build housing for a living would seem to be natural allies. A new bill in the California Legislature is driving them apart.
Today, the Lone Star state counts 90 homeless people per every 100,000 residents. In California, the problem is almost five times as bad.
A responsible political class would significantly reform the organization. Instead, they will likely continue to give it more power.
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Annual inflation fell to 5 percent in March, the lowest mark in two years.
Companies make decisions all the time, some of them regrettable and unfortunate, that shouldn't be any of the government's business.
Have we forgotten the era of mass institutionalization?
The Inflation Reduction Act imposes byzantine requirements to qualify for the credits. Some automakers are simply ignoring them and finding other ways to lower prices.
Families don’t all want the same sort of education for their children. They should be free to choose.
Harvard economist Edward Glaeser describes a dangerous trend. But a cross-ideological tide of reform might help reverse it.
If a municipality fails to approve or deny a permit by state-set deadlines, developers could hire private third parties to get the job done.
FTC Chair Lina Khan has an agenda that's against big companies, not for consumer well-being.
Developer Westside wanted to turn its 155-acre property into 3,200 homes and a public park.
Arlington's successful passage of a modest missing middle housing reform bill after an intense debate raises the question of whether YIMBY politics can practically fix the problems it sets out to address.
The state promised Ford nearly $900 million in incentives, including new and upgraded roads. But it chose to run that new road through a number of black-owned farms.
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When "graduation becomes close to a virtual guarantee, it also becomes pretty functionally meaningless," says one education researcher.
The rich are getting richer under the Inflation Reduction Act.
New data from the program's trustees show that insolvency will hit a year sooner than previously expected, giving policy makers just a decade before automatic benefit cuts occur.
The new law would allow developers to build housing on commercially zoned lots provided they include affordable units.
A controversial "good cause" eviction bill that would cap rent increases could be included in a budget bill that must pass by April 1.
Restricting foreign real estate ownership has something for both sides—conservatives don't like foreigners, and progressives don't like capital.
Excessive government interference in the market hurts consumers and thwarts policy goals. It also gets in the way of the government itself.
While the US Supreme Court continues to require judges to defer to administrative agencies' interpretations of law in many situations, numerous states have abolished or severely curbed such deference. The results should temper both hopes and fears associated with ending judicial deference to agencies.
The Florida governor has a history of using state power to bully Florida schools over speech he doesn't like. H.B. 1 may accomplish his goal while ceding power to parents.
In Caroline, New York, officials are trying to impose the city's first zoning code. These residents won't have it.
You shouldn't need permission to make a living.
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It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?
Plus: did the editors sing Happy Birthday to Adam Smith?
The new policy isn't ideal. But it's an important deregulatory step in the right direction, making it easier to build new housing in response to growing demand.
Public sector unions squeeze final gains out of a district that's been bleeding students yet constructing expensive new buildings for two decades.
The Democratic president is supercharging former president Trump's failed approach to domestic manufacturing.
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Land use policies explain the battles over everything from the Great Recession to abortion to Donald Trump.
Even if you despise the media, you should be rooting for better public record laws.
The allegedly smart balance "anti-rent gouging" policies have struck between supply and stability is already unraveling.
It argues for increasing the number of cases in the Supreme Court's "Hall of Shame" and proposes three worthy additions.
A new report illustrates that the middle of the housing market is still missing.
Prices rose by 0.4 percent in February and core inflation was up 0.5 percent, the third consecutive month that it has increased.
During the pandemic, the U.S. mortgage market avoided collapse without any bailouts. Here's how.
Under the Kelo v. New London Supreme Court decision, a state can take private land to give to a private developer for almost any reason it wants.
Yet another court decision stopping a U.C. Berkeley housing project is getting California's policy makers to think bigger about reforming the infamous California Environmental Quality Act.
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
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