Affordable Housing
Completely fine or a total flop?
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at the Trump administration's proposal to create a 50-year mortgage product to rival the 30-year mortgage that became…
Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention Panel on Zoning, Property Rights, and the Housing Crisis
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Yesterday, I participated in the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention panel on "Socialism or Sensible Protections? Zoning, Rent Control, and the Housing Crisis." Although…
New York voters say yes to faster housing approvals
Making it over the finish line in last night's New York City election were three proposed charter amendments that would collectively limit the power of the New York City Council to review and reject individual housing…
Mikie Sherrill elected New Jersey governor as a conventional Democrat
Mikie Sherrill is an establishment Democrat made in a lab. A retired Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, she was so alarmed by the election of Donald Trump in 2017 that she decided to run for Congress in suburban…
Cranbury, New Jersey tentatively agrees to not seize 175-year-old family farm
The township of Cranbury, New Jersey, will not take Andy Henry's 175-year-old family farm for an affordable housing development after all. According to a tentative agreement made public yesterday, the township has agreed…
Zohran Mamdani’s Socialist Housing Plan Could Crash New York’s Rickety Rental Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbGulTc4TY Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and the likely next mayor of New York City, believes the solution to Gotham's perpetual housing crisis is stringent price controls and…
Eric Adams was the housing hero New York City deserved
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter includes stories on: New York City's plan to make housing more expensive by requiring that plumbers install your stove Los…
YIMBY reforms win big in state legislatures in 2025
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Last week, California lawmakers closed out the 2025 legislative session with the passage of S.B. 79—a bill that overrides local zoning to allow apartment buildings…
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