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…
Tag: Zoning
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…
Nebraska Zoning Permitting Process: Recommended Adjustments in Nebraska
Nebraska’s zoning and permitting process for livestock operations is inconsistent, unpredictable, and varies widely from county to county. This report examines how Nebraska’s Conditional Use Permit (CUP) system works, the…
Zoning is not the only tool local governments have – Mackinac Center
For most of American history, the United States – and Michigan – had no zoning at all. Detroit, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and other major cities grew rapidly before municipal zoning codes existed. The most stringent forms of…
Banks Township considers going back to how things once were – Mackinac Center
For almost all of its history, Banks Township in Antrim County had no zoning ordinance or zoning map. That changed in 2000, but an ongoing debate may return the township to the way things were. The purpose of zoning, as…
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