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December 29, 2024
Why Rent Regulation Remains So Hard to Undo in NYC
…“vacancy control” stands in the way of the rent increases owners need to invest simply to comply with building codes and lead abatement laws — rather than leaving units vacant….
October 15, 2024
Lefty NYC Council Add-Ons to Mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ Would Worse Housing Crisis
…to Bill de Blasio’s 200,000 affordable units “created or preserved.” As it stands, New York City has more — far more — of its housing protected from market forces than any other…
October 2, 2024
AOC’s “Social Housing” Dead End
…is not to get government to replace the private housing market—which has enabled 65 percent of Americans to become homeowners—but for government to stand aside and let the private market work….
September 25, 2024
The Promise — and Danger — of Kamala Harris’s YIMBYism
…in standards, tastes, and preferences at the local level and that those who seek to build it must marshal good arguments to persuade local officials. That should mean opening the doors…
September 24, 2024
Household Food Insecurity Rises Again – Inflation, especially for households ineligible for safety net programs, to blame
…by historic standards, suggesting inflation remained an important factor to consider when trying to understand food insecurity rates for 2023. This can be seen in Figure 2 where we display…
August 18, 2024
Why NYC’s Most Affordable Housing May Already Be Available
…New York already has. An antiquated law currently stands in the way of homeowners and renters taking in “unrelated persons” even if a home or apartment has empty bedrooms. Incredibly,…
July 24, 2024
Housing and the American Worker
As the American Worker Project analysis shows, real wages have increased over time. Real wages are nominal wages corrected for changes in the price level, and a natural approach to understanding the…
May 9, 2024
State Housing Bills Are Dead; Time for Local Leaders to Step Up
…ratios and other zoning standards. Housing reformers will inevitable run into opposition from those who will argue against any form of change and those who complain that reforms don’t contain…
March 14, 2024
A Crucial Fix For Rent Regulation
…leave apartments vacant.” Now that even a conservative Supreme Court has allowed rent regulation law to stand, Restler is quiet on the subject. It’s good to see, however, that some…
January 21, 2024
Portland’s Encampment Kids
I’m standing outside the Central Police Precinct in downtown Portland, Oregon. Officer Eli Arnold and I have bicycled over to meet two of his colleagues, returned from a drug bust….