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October 11, 2024

HUD’s Housing Misfire: When Bureaucrats Know Better than Markets

Kamala Harris’s proposal for a $40 billion fund for local governments to explore “innovative” housing solutions will likely funnel money into projects burdened by self-defeating government-mandated affordability requirements, which HUD…

October 10, 2024

Harris’s Housing Plan and the Five C’s That Will Derail It

Kamala Harris’s latest campaign ad pledges to “end America’s housing shortage by building 3 million new homes and rentals.” However, her plan is unlikely to significantly increase the overall housing supply. The…

October 8, 2024

Harris Housing Subsidies: A Recipe for Repeating Past Mistakes

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has proposed housing policies that recycle ineffective strategies long seen in federal housing programs. Her key proposals include subsidies for the construction of 3 million new…

September 11, 2024

As America’s housing crisis intensifies, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2024 has emerged as a high-profile yet expensive solution.  

…fate. To continue reading this op-ed online on The Hill, click here. Tobias Peter and Edward Pinto are co-directors of the American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center. The views expressed in this article are…

September 4, 2024

Kamala Harris’s Housing Plan Would Be Worse Than Doing Nothing

…cost and without unintended consequences. Edward Pinto is the senior fellow and codirector of the American Enterprise Institute Housing Center. Tobias Peter is the senior fellow and codirector of the…

June 12, 2024

Our Homeless Problem is Getting Out Of Control — What Can We Do?

…spaces become unusable.  Continue reading here. Tobias Peter is a Senior Fellow and Codirector of the AEI Housing Center. Ethan Frizzell serves with The Salvation Army in Southwest Florida and consults…

May 9, 2024

State Housing Bills Are Dead; Time for Local Leaders to Step Up

…own commonsense housing reforms. This op-ed was originally published in the Star Tribune. Tobias Peter is a Senior Fellow and Codirector of the AEI Housing Center. The views expressed in this…

January 4, 2024

To Fix Their Housing Shortage in 2024, Cities and States Should Turn To Market

States and cities considering housing supply reforms in the new year to combat worsening affordability should unleash the free market rather than rely on the Department for Housing and Urban…

May 23, 2023

Biden Courts Another Mortgage Crisis

The Biden administration is making moves that could imperil the safety of the housing finance system. Recent mortgage pricing changes, which have generally decreased fees for borrowers with lower credit…