Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This past week, I was in Austin, Texas, for this year's YIMBYtown conference of activists, academics, architects, builders, and more, all there to talk about ways to make housing more abundant and affordable.
I'm told it was the largest YIMBYtown conference yet—a sign of a growing and increasing bipartisan movement. Since it was held in Austin, a city experiencing explosive growth inside a state that's also growing like mad, this week's Rent Free is a special Texas-themed issue. Our stories include:
