Property Rights
New Pew Research Center Report on “How States and Cities Decimated Americans’ Lowest-Cost Housing Option”
Julie Feinstein/Dreamstime.com The Pew Research Center has a valuable new report on how state and local governments destroyed much of their potential low-income housing stock by banning or severely restricting…
Reimbursing the legal fees of civil forfeiture victims helps protect against abuses
On a Friday in March 2021, Brian Moore, an aspiring rap artist, was about to catch a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles, where he planned to produce a video that he hoped would promote his musical career. To pay for the…
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…
Photo: A Tiny Monument to Eminent Domain Resistance in New York City
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The Hess Triangle is the result of an eminent domain fight that began in 1910, when New York City seized and demolished a…
Egypt’s land grab threatens the world’s oldest Christian monastery
In the sixth century, Christian monks built St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The monastery is believed to be located at the very place where God appeared to Moses via a burning bush. Valuable…
Property Rights, Public Law, the Police Power, and the Eminent Domain Power
Thanks again to Eugene for letting me blog at the VC this week about my new book—Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a…
Natural Property Rights: A VC Preview
I'm blogging this week about my new book Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a variety of bookstores. On Monday,, I…
Nova Scotia bans everyone from hiking in the woods until October
This summer, outdoor enthusiasts in Nova Scotia face a difficult decision: stay out of the woods or face a $25,000 fine. On August 5, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston implemented a ban on "hiking, camping, fishing and use…
Natural Property Rights: A VC Preview
I'm blogging this week about my new book Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a variety of bookstores. Yesterday, I…
Natural Property Rights: A Volokh Conspiracy Preview
Thank you, Eugene! This week, I'm blogging about a scholarly project long in the works. Earlier this summer, I published a book, Natural Property Rights, with Cambridge University Press. If readers are interested in the…
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