Housing Policy
Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case
Illustration: Lex Villena; Oblachko Today, I submitted an amicus brief in Pung v. Isabella County, the "home equity theft" takings case I previously wrote about here. The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute,…
Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on “Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability”
NA The Cato Institute has posted a non-paywalled version of my recent Washington Examiner article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability." I don't see a paywall blocking the article on the Examiner…
What America can learn from Japanese housing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tKTLqcDOaI I don't own a home. In fact, I don't even sleep in one. Houses are so expensive that, to save for a future down payment, I cut costs by living in the air vents here at the…
My New Washington Examiner Article on “Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability”
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Today, the Washington Examiner published my article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability." Here is an excerpt: Affordability was the biggest issue in the 2025 off-year…
Populists Left and Right Say America Is Failing. The Facts Don’t.
Spend five minutes listening to the American left's most theatrical tribunes—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.)—and you'll probably hear tales of…
In Connecticut, zoning reform is back from the dead
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. With the holiday last week, today's newsletter is slightly abbreviated. It does at least include some happy holiday news for zoning reformers:…
How Michael Green’s $140k poverty line idea misreads economic tradeoffs
Wall Street strategist Michael Green caused a stir on social media last week with his outlandish claim that the federal poverty line should be raised to cover individuals earning as much as $140,000 annually. That claim,…
Uncle Sam makes Thanksgiving worse
Readers of Reason are no doubt familiar with the true story of the first Thanksgiving, when the collectivist pilgrims almost starved, only to be saved by the voluntary charity of the local population. A lot has changed about…
Muriel Bowser was a flawed mayor. We’ll miss her when she’s gone.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser announced yesterday that she would not seek a fourth term. During her ten years at the helm of city government, Bowser gave District libertarians few reasons to actively support her. As…
L.A. mayor Karen Bass says you can defeat NIMBYism by building less
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' persistent cowardice on housing. The Department of Justice's antitrust settlement with…
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