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July 3, 2025
The Republican Party’s much-touted “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes a $14 billion bailout for some of America’s worst-run cities, all thanks to the proposed expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit…
June 30, 2025
A growing body of research estimates that the US faces a severe housing shortage, with missing homes numbering between 3.8 million and 8.2 million. Using the midpoint—approximately six million missing homes—new AEI Housing…
June 26, 2025
Summary: Opponents of Light-touch Density (LTD) infill argue that it will lead to outright home price declines or, at the very least, slower home price appreciation (HPA). However, evidence from…
June 24, 2025
…driven by a 59-page IRS statute, which raises questions about the extent to which the increased tax credits will actually finance new housing. As Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute…
June 10, 2025
Housing prices across much of America have hit historic highs, while less housing is being built. If the U.S. housing stock had expanded at the same rate from 2000-2020 as…
June 5, 2025
…The Closing of the Suburban Frontier?” by economists Edward L. Glaeser (Harvard University) and Joseph Gyourko (University of Pennsylvania). Here’s the abstract: Housing prices across much of America have hit…
March 20, 2025
…2024 Edward J. Pinto et al. | American Enterprise Institute | January 7, 2025 Commentary: Homesteading 2.0 Edward J. Pinto and Arthur Gailes | Las Vegas Review-Journal | December 14, 2024 Perspective:…
March 18, 2025
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…
March 13, 2025
Thank you, Chairman Scott and ranking member Warren. Thank you, committee members. I am grateful and honored to have the opportunity to speak to you today. I am an economist…
February 28, 2025
…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…