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Housing Affordability? Build, Baby, Build
…being offered only by the new “abundance” advocates of the center left. Tobias Peter of the AEI Housing Center and economists at Goldman Sachs have both recently argued that affordability…
Op-Ed
The New Era for Nonprofits: America’s Old System of Federally Funded Nonprofits is Gone. What Comes Next?
…co-option. Under the hybrid system, Peter L. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus observed, “the very vitality that originally distinguished the [nonprofit] institutions from government agencies is destroyed. Indeed they become government agencies…
Article
Is Marriage Back? Divorce Is Down, Family Stability Is Up
…marriages [ending] in divorce.” A 2009 survey of contemporary family life authored by family scholars Elizabeth Peters and Claire Kamp Dush held that “Family forms are becoming increasingly diverse.” And in 2010, a Pew Research Center…
Op-Ed
The Surprising Role of Large Developers in Solving the Housing Crunch
Against the odds—and conventional wisdom—the nation’s largest home builders have engineered a dramatic shift toward serving first-time homebuyers (FTBs). New data from the AEI Housing Center show that in 2024,…
Op-Ed
When It Comes to Gun Violence, the Kids Are Not OK
…with other relatives, according to Sheriff John Allen. There is plenty of evidence to support this account. According to Bernalillo County Sen. Nicole Tobiassen, police have been called to the home 180…
Article
Displacement by Design: How Bad Policy Made Housing Scarce, and How We Can Fix It
Musical chairs is one of the first games we play as children. The rules are simple: there are fewer chairs than players. When the music stops, someone ends up standing….
Op-Ed
The Truth About Child Welfare in America
…heard the story of Gavin Peterson, the 12-year-old Utah boy who died last July 9 after being tortured and starved by his father, his father’s girlfriend, and his older brother. Ten…
Blog Post
Trump’s Tariff Formula Is Still Wrong. Maybe That’s Why No One Will Admit They Created It.
…echoed by senior White House adviser Peter Navarro. But in remarks on Monday, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran deflected responsibility, stating: “At the end of the day, the…
Report
Tax Abatements: The Best-Kept Secret to Revitalizing Struggling Communities—Without Spending Taxpayer Money
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Working Paper
Low-Rise Multifamily and Housing Supply: A Case Study of Seattle
Abstract We provide an in-depth case study of land use reforms in Seattle to highlight how redevelopment of aging single-family housing to townhomes can lead to a significant increase in…
Op-Ed
Trump Stopped Biden’s Plan to Force DEI on Local Communities
…the workforce they need for local businesses and governments. Modest changes in zoning — what Edward Pinto and Tobias Peters call “light-touch density” — can go a long way…
Report
Family-Friendly Policies for the 119th Congress
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