1. This week at Market Urbanism Does President Obama Have A ‘Regionalism’ Agenda? by Scott BeyerSuch policies represent less a turn towards socialism, than one away from the nation’s existing socialized paradigm favoring suburbs, wherein housing regulations restrict dense infill … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
NIMBYs Outdo YIMBYs In Organizing Ability
A problem that pro-housing YIMBYs face in communities nationwide is that the NIMBYs opposing them are much better organized. The reason boils down to the classic problem of concentrated costs and dispersed benefits: the beneficiaries of new housing are scattered, while those who benefit … [Read more...]
100 Years After Zoning In New York City, Government Dominates Land Use
This month marks the 100th anniversary of two pieces of legislation that revolutionized the way we live. On July 11, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the first Federal Aid Road Bill. And on July 25, 1916--exactly 100 years ago today--New York City passed the country’s first comprehensive zoning … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings July 22, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism Quantifying the effects of California zoning rules by Emily HamiltonKip Jackson finds that California zoning rules and other land-use restrictions not only reduce the growth rate of new housing stock, but a new regulation can actually be expected to reduce the … [Read more...]
Tech for Housing: An Experiment in YIMBY Activism
Tech for Housing was founded to organize Bay Area tech workers around supply friendly land use reform. Tony Albert, Joey Hiller and myself, all saw an unmet need for tech-centric political outreach and decided to try our luck. And as tech workers ourselves, we had certain ideas around the best ways … [Read more...]
Quantifying the effects of California zoning rules
Yet another study in a long line of others provides evidence that land-use regulations restrict housing supply. A new paper identifies a correlation between land-use regulations in California cities and the growth rate for housing units. Kip Jackson finds that California zoning rules and other … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings July 15, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism Nick Zaiac contributed his first Market Urbanism piece: The Cato Institute Goes After Arbitrary Historic Preservation Lawsbetween municipalities they can vary, depending on the precedents set by different circuit courts. Now the Cato Institute, a libertarian … [Read more...]
Your Town Is A Financial Timebomb
I keep up with the reports and journalists proclaiming that America’s suburbs are thriving and will continue to do so forever. Yet I keep scratching my head since these depictions are in conflict with what I keep seeing on the ground as I travel around the country.The folks who … [Read more...]