The Tyler home equity theft case is just the tip of a much larger iceberg of property rights issues where stronger judicial protection can protect the interests of the poor and minorities, as well as promote the federalist values of localism and diversity.
Cities become affordable when they build a lot of housing, not when they subsidize it.
British immigration policy expert Sunder Katwala and I discuss the debate over UK immigration policy, which has notable similarities and differences with that in the US.
Ellen Finnerty wanted to make and sell honey. The town of Ottawa, Kansas, says that's illegal.
Progressives like to argue that rent control policies that exempt new construction don't impact the construction of new housing.
The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.
The Department of Justice is now intervening on behalf of the Orange County, California, group's right to distribute food at its resource center in Santa Ana.
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
Unliking zoning, private communities respect property rights, and do not create major barriers to people seeking to "vote with their feet" for a better community.
The article explains why libertarians should focus much more on constitutional issues arising from zoning, immigration restrictions and racial profiling.
Each state has different cottage food laws that don’t actually protect public health and safety.
Montana's sweeping new zoning reform is both good in itself and a potential model for cross-ideological cooperation on this issue elsewhere.
A new Pew Charitable Trusts study examining jurisdictions with that reformed zoning finds far lower rent increases there than elsewhere.
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.
Annual inflation fell to 5 percent in March, the lowest mark in two years.
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.
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 new law would allow developers to build housing on commercially zoned lots provided they include affordable units.
Restricting foreign real estate ownership has something for both sides—conservatives don't like foreigners, and progressives don't like capital.
In Caroline, New York, officials are trying to impose the city's first zoning code. These residents won't have it.
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.
Land use policies explain the battles over everything from the Great Recession to abortion to Donald Trump.
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.
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.
Lawmakers are considering giving state officials the ability to rewrite NIMBY cities' restrictive zoning codes.
An oddball coalition of neighborhood activists and left-wing politicians have opposed plans to convert the privately owned site to housing, citing the loss of open space and impacts on gentrification.
Plus: Google blocks news to Canadian users in advance of pending media law, Arizona considers zoning reform bill, and more...
Politicians' go-to fixes like child tax credits and federal paid leave are known for creating disincentives to work without much impact on fertility.
Fairytale Farm Animal Sanctuary's work caring for abandoned and disabled animals is imperiled by a demand from the Winston-Salem city government that the nonprofit stop hosting on-site fundraisers and volunteer events.
A male stripper takes on London's historic preservation rules in Channing Tatum's latest ode to hot, sensitive dudes.
The 2nd Circuit reasoned that the government hasn't necessarily taken a landlord's property when it forces him or her to operate at a loss while renting to a tenant he or she never agreed to host.
Plus: How credit card companies became the porn police, the failure of the FDA's ban on flavored vaping products, and more...
Planners and politicians from Saudi Arabia to Scotland want to transform interconnected cities into isolated "urban villages" no one ever needs to leave.
The city is banning temporary signs that don't have the NFL's approval in a downtown "clean zone."
Montreal's heritage laws could prevent the financially troubled St. John the Evangelist church from converting its little-used parish hall into a much-needed, revenue-generating asset.
Multiple factors contribute to housing shortages, but zoning constraints are mostly to blame.
The governor would let developers route around local zoning codes and get housing projects approved directly by state officials.
Economist Bryan Caplan explains how cutting back on zoning and other restrictions could create millions of new jobs for workers - on top of other beneficial effects.
The consequences of our obsession with urban dystopias and utopias
Progressive politicians are irritated they have to make the same tradeoffs in their living situation as other high-income professionals.
Taxes and bans on foreign home ownership haven't arrested home price increases where they've been tried. There's no reason to think Canada's policy will be more successful.
Rents and home prices skyrocketed almost everywhere over the past two years. There's some hope new supply will bring costs down in the new year.
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