The Federal Government Has a Lot of Unused Land. Can We Sell It Off To Build Houses?
One proposal would create a streamlined process for selling off federal land to state and local governments, but only if they allow housing to be built on it.
One proposal would create a streamlined process for selling off federal land to state and local governments, but only if they allow housing to be built on it.
Plus: Democrats' housing-lite postelection recriminations and yet another ballot box defeat for pro–rent control forces in California.
Social Security will become insolvent in the early 2030s if Congress does nothing.
The federal government owns the majority of land in states that have seen the biggest pandemic-era housing price spikes. Selling that land off for residential development makes abundant sense.
Regulation and litigation rule the day, but sometimes cash should be king.
"This country is now full of men and women with long-term personal experience of contemporary guerrilla insurrection."
A new book throws red meat to "public land advocates," but its arguments leave a lot to be desired.
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