Lawmakers in a number of states are debating proposals that would override local regulations in … [+] order to permit the construction of new housing. getty Governors and legislators across the ...
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If There Is A Recession In 2023, Some Cities Could Take A Decade To Recover
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 08: A person wearing a protective face mask walks by a going out of … [+] business sign displayed outside a retail store in midtown as the city continues Pha...
Cities Should Not Trade Existing Businesses For Potential Development
Jeremy Sark and Marie Dougherty are fighting their South Carolina city for the right to continue … [+] renting moving trucks. Institute for Justice You have probably seen ads on the internet pro...
The Federal Reserve’s Rate Hikes Are Cooling The Housing Market But Land-Use Reforms Still Needed
Professional engineer architect worker with protective helmet and blueprints paper at house building … [+] construction site background getty Since the spring of 2022, the Fed’s federal funds ra...
Cities Should Welcome Tiny Homes As An Alternative To Homelessness
Chasidy Decker stands in front of her mobile tiny home in Meridian, Idaho. Institute for Justice In American communities where housing values are rapidly out-pacing wage growth, even people with good,...
Time To Abolish Zoning? New Book Makes The Case
Close-up Of A Businesspeople Analyzing Cadastre Map On Computer In The Office getty In many U.S. cities housing is too expensive. Housing prices in coastal cities such as New York and San Francisco ar...
Broadway Theater Owners Stand To Make Less Of A Windfall After Zoning Rule Change
Atmosphere outside the Majestic Theatre on April 08, 2020 (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Getty Images Even the cost of air on Broadway is more expensive now. In 1998, New York City’s Departmen...
Let’s Declare Our Independence — From Zoning
Benjamin Franklin with sun glasses getty Today is the day Americans commonly consider our country’s “birthday,” the day which we officially declared independence from the United Kingdom. One could arg...
After noise complaints, Tennessee judge rules that a bitcoin mine violates zoning laws
A bitcoin miner in Tennessee that has been in conflict with residents and local officials over noise complaints lost a battle in court on Tuesday. A judge found that the mining operation, run by Red D...
Bodegas look to zoning to defend against instant delivery rivals
A Gopuff location on the Lower East Side of Manhattan across from Stop 1 Deli. Jan. 12, 2022. Hannah Miao | CNBC Grocery delivery start-up Gopuff last fall moved into the ground-floor retail space of ...
How Suburban Sprawl’s Single-Family Home Zoning Limits Housing Supply
America’s suburbs are sprawling again. Last year, single family housing starts rose to 1.123 million, the highest since 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders, however, opt...