Housing Policy
America’s housing shortage won’t be fixed with ‘one weird trick’
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. As I mentioned last week, I'm on vacation and out of the country. So this newsletter, like the last, will be a bit shorter and less pegged to the news. Rent…
How D.C. proves the need for housing deregulation
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. To start with a brief programming note, I am off on vacation these next two weeks. Consequently, the newsletter will be a bit more abbreviated and a little less…
My New Boston Globe Article on why Massachusetts Should Reject Rent Control, and Instead End Exclusionary Zoning
Illustration: Lex Villena; Lev Kropotov Today, the Boston Globe published my article on why rent control is a terrible approach to addressing the housing crisis. Massachusetts should instead ban exclusionary zoning. Here is…
Andrew Cuomo proposes ‘Zohran’s Law’ to fix the unfairness of rent law Cuomo signed
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: Andrew Cuomo's remarkably hypocritical attacks on Zohran Mamdani for living in a rent-stabilized apartment. A nonprofit tiny…
Minnesota town denies family permission to build affordable housing unit on their property
Like many cities in the United States, Blaine, Minnesota, is facing a housing shortage. In 2021, the city took steps to address this issue by passing Local Ordinance 21-2489, which permitted property owners in residential…
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