Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free.
To start with a brief programming note, I am off on vacation these next two weeks. Consequently, the newsletter will be a bit more abbreviated and a little less hooked to the news the next couple Tuesdays.
That includes today's, where our sole main story responds to the unusual claim that Washington, D.C.'s relatively impressive record on housing production proves the need for proactive government planning.