Tag: urban policy
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Short-term rentals are killing housing supply
Zoning gets the blame for housing shortages, but Airbnb-style rentals have quietly removed millions of homes from the long-term market in tourist cities.
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Rent control works
The textbook case against rent control is built on assumptions that don’t survive contact with actual housing markets. The evidence is more interesting than economists admit.
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Zoning reform won’t fix housing affordability and we need to admit it
Upzoning has become the consensus housing policy, but the math shows it can’t deliver the affordability politicians promise. Here’s what’s missing.