"No heat, no hot water. The boiler wasn't working. I have water in my walls," renter Tori Brown informed officials at the first Rental Ripoff Hearing last month in Brooklyn. Another tenant told NTD that he had…
Illustration: Lex Villena; Oblachko Today the Supreme Court held oral argument in Pung v. Isabella County, an important takings case in which I filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Cato Institute, myself, and a group of…
Marxist Peruvian President José María Balcázar announced Monday that free market economist Hernando de Soto would serve as Peru's next prime minister. What was expected to be a rare display of camaraderie between…
A lawsuit is underway in California, which could reshape energy production and property rights in the Golden State. In 2022, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (S.B.) 1137 into law, which prohibited oil and gas…
NA The Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London (2005), held that private "economic development" is enough to satisfy the Fifth Amendment requirement that the government can only…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter includes stories on: President Donald Trump's executive order cracking down on large corporate ownership of single-family housing. A…
An ambitious and privately funded project to create a 5,000-square-mile prairie reserve where buffalo may roam and antelope play in eastern Montana is being stymied by an obtuse new ruling by the Bureau of Land Management…
After the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, several states had to repeal laws requiring that residents demonstrate a "special need" before they were allowed…
"Replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism!" says my new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Sounds so nice. No more greedy capitalists hoarding wealth. People share. It's the…
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Donald Trump announced today he plans to ban the purchase of single-family homes by large institutional investors. As with many Trump actions, this is not something the president actually has…
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