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Housing Villains

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani both do their bit to sabotage healthy housing policy.

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Fewer Migrants, Fewer Homeless

The rare reported fall in the nation's homeless population is mostly the result of the ebbing migrant surge of 2023 and 2024.

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The Year of the Starter Home

Lawmakers across the country are introducing bills that would make it easier to build smaller single-family homes on small lots.

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Localism and the Limits of Regulating What We Love

When the perceived emotional harm from new development becomes a justification for state intervention, the law gets really arbitrary really quickly.

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Abolish Property Taxes?

Florida Republicans propose not one, not two, but seven different constitutional amendments to cap, cut, or even eliminate property taxes.

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Marc Benioff's Ideas for Fixing San Francisco Keep Getting Worse

The billionaire Salesforce CEO said Trump should use the National Guard to clean up San Francisco's streets.

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The Housing Hero Gotham Deserved

Plus: New York's expensive new stove regulations, Los Angeles rent controls, and the housing policy implications of a federal shutdown.

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SpaceX's New Company Town Considers Adopting NIMBY Zoning Code

Starbase, Texas, is rushing to restrict development in the newly incorporated city.

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Starter Homes Live in Texas, Die in Arizona

Plus: A new constitutional challenge to inclusionary zoning fees, a vetoed ban on rent-recommendation software, and a ill-conceived rent freeze in New York City.

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Tribal Sovereignty Saves a Homeless Shelter (For Now)

The Yakama Nation has won a temporary restraining order preventing the City of Toppenish, Washington, from closing its new cold weather shelter.

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Elon Musk Versus the California Coastal Commission

The state's powerful coastal land-use regulator is arguing its awesome development-stopping powers applies to rocket launches as well as housing.

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The Housing Policy Implications of Taylor Swift

Plus: An interview with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about the state's blockbuster year for housing reform.

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Rent Free Q&A: Bryan Caplan on Build, Baby, Build

The George Mason University economist talks about his new housing comic book and how America could deregulate its way into an affordable urban utopia.

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The Supreme Court Rules Impact Fees Can Violate Your Property Rights Too

Plus: Zoning reform in Minnesota stalls, a New York housing "deal" does little for housing supply, and Colorado ends occupancy limits.

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The Dark Side of Housing Bipartisanship

Plus: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is fooled by TikTok housing falsehoods, Austin building boom cuts prices, and Sacramento does the socialist version of "homeless homesteading."

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Does This Laundry Look 'Historic' to You?

Plus: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs dithers over whether to veto bipartisan Starter Homes bill, Biden says "build, build, build," and Massachusetts sues anti-apartment suburb.

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Everything Is Getting Bigger in Texas

Plus: An interview with Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Minnesota lawmakers try to save Minneapolis zoning reform from excess environmental review, and the White House's new housing supply action plan.

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California Officials Force Elderly Couple To Dismantle Home, Citing Blocked Ocean Views

Plus: Austin's newly passed zoning reforms could be in legal jeopardy, HUD releases its latest census of the homeless population, and a little-discussed Florida reform is spurring a wave of home construction.

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