housing
Zoning reform law marred by unintended consequences
Senate Bill 382 reshaped North Carolina land-use law by prohibiting most local down-zoning without unanimous landowner consent While grounded in property-rights principles, the law has created legal confusion and stalled…
Crucial Badger-supported housing bill passes through Senate
If signed by Gov. Evers, measure will help increase housing supply and decrease cost A bill that will ultimately help increase housing supply, make homes more affordable and still allow local municipalities to control where…
New housing permits are highest since 2006, but single-family homes lag
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Mamdani’s housing leader wants housing to be worth less
Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the dangerous ideas espoused by a newly installed New York City official. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D., N.Y.) top housing official, Cea Weaver, openly declared plans to…
More than a bad idea
President Trump recently expressed interest in promoting a 50-year mortgage Still, 50-year mortgages would barely improve affordability while massively increasing lifetime interest costs Long-term mortgages risk driving home…
Zoning Promised Order, But Delivered Scarcity.
Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government…
Much of America figuring out how to build more homes
Wisconsin can follow suit and cut regulations The dire need for more houses in America has even regulation-heavy cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Minneapolis and St. Paul streamlining rules — and providing a playbook…
Restoring the American Dream Requires Restoring Property Rights
"If America is to remain a free country, then property must once again be treated as the sacred right it is, not a privilege handed out by government." For generations, Americans have crossed great expanses of…
NH voters want to cut regulations to build more housing, polling confirms
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A housing victory: zoning to match community plan
The Wisconsin Assembly voted largely along party lines this week in support of a crucial housing bill, AB453, that will rein in NIMBYism — the “not in my back yard” outcry that greets developers trying to increase housing…
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