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The fight for tomorrow: Assessing conflicting visions for North Carolina’s future, Part 3
This article is part 3 of a series that examines the policy prescriptions coming from the left-wing group Carolina Forward. With North Carolina at a crossroads, it’s a good time to evaluate the sort of policies advanced by…
The fight for tomorrow: Assessing conflicting visions for North Carolina’s future, part 2
This article is Part 2 of a series that examines the policy prescriptions coming from the left-wing group Carolina Forward. With North Carolina at a crossroads, it’s a good time to evaluate the sort of policies advanced by…
A housing supply reform agenda for North Carolina: Part 1
A new report on housing reform from the Mercatus Center offers a framework to examine North Carolina’s progress in removing barriers to housing construction and identify where additional reforms are still needed Even though…
New 2026 home price record reflects ongoing supply shortage
The median sales price for a single-family home in New Hampshire hit a new record in July: $580,000. At the same time, the number of available homes on the market hit a post-COVID high. If we have more homes on the market…
Government housing for teachers and public employees is not the solution to Wake County’s housing problem
Wake County leaders want to build affordable housing for teachers and public school employees. The idea was presented earlier this week to a joint meeting of the Wake County School Board and Wake County Board of…
Regulation can cause harmful distortions
John Puri writes for National Review Online about one negative consequence of government regulation. Government regulations often impose different costs under different conditions, thereby altering firms’ behavior by changing…
Regulation can cause harmful distortions
John Puri writes for National Review Online about one negative consequence of government regulation. Government regulations often impose different costs under different conditions, thereby altering firms’ behavior by changing…
For state laws banning “assault weapons,” the writing’s on the wall!
So called “assault weapons,” i.e., Colt AR-15s and similar lightweight semi-automatic rifles, have long been the target of gun control legislation. As I have explained, the United States Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in …
Smaller, cheaper homes are coming to New Hampshire
Last year, a bipartisan majority of legislators agreed to legalize manufactured homes in all residential zones in the state. But it never happened. Though House Bill 685 passed both chambers on voice votes, it died in…
The ROAD to housing starts with more homes
America’s housing shortage is primarily the result of decades of restrictive land-use policies that have limited new construction, creating the scarcity that has allowed institutional investors to thrive The 21st Century ROAD…
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