Zoning
Yale Journal on Regulation Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London
Susette Kelo's famous "little pink house," which became a nationally known symbol of the case that bears her name. (Institute for Justice.) This year saw the twentieth anniversary of Kelo v. City of New…
Massachusetts faces 2026 ballot push for statewide rent control
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at the bad idea in housing policy that never seems to die: rent control. In Massachusetts, housing activists, with the…
What is Zohran Mamdani’s affordable housing plan?
In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policy goals and what they mean for New York City. Click here to read the other entries. A few weeks before the New York Democrats'…
Would Star Trek’s transporter destroy cities or save them?
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Given the holiday slowdown in the news and general merriment that comes with the Christmas season, I'm hoping readers might indulge me in writing this…
Trump blames illegal immigrants for high housing prices. Blame zoning instead.
President Donald Trump delivered an end-of-year address Wednesday night to tout economic accomplishments of dubious veracity and attribute hardships to anything other than his own policies. On historically high housing costs,…
Bernie Sanders wants to pause new data centers to stop the economy from growing too much
The United States is leading a global data center boom. Investors are plowing some $7 trillion into the infrastructure necessary to support AI development, with 40 percent of that investment happening here in the United…
Localism and the limits of regulating what we love
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. As we approach the Christmas holiday, the wheels of housing policymaking are grinding to a halt. While that means there's a little less news to cover, it does…
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…
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