NIMBY Lawsuit Accidentally Abolishes City's Entire Zoning Code

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include:

• The Supreme Court's decision not to take up a major challenge to Los Angeles' COVID-era eviction moratorium
• Maine passes a suite of zoning reforms.
• The urbanist case for tourist traps

But first, our lead item on how a challenge to slightly more permissive zoning rules in Charlottesville, Virginia, led to the accidental abolition of zoning in the town.