Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. They say all politics is local, and that's particularly true of housing politics—where localities and (increasingly) states are the main policy-setting…
Amid the bucolic vineyards and winding hills of Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan, a group of wineries has fought a brutal multiyear legal battle against a restrictive zoning ordinance enacted by the local township.…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter includes stories on: The passage of single-stair reform in Nashville, Tennessee A new legal challenge to Seattle's affordable…
California Democrats are once again showing us who they really work for — and it’s not homeowners, renters, or local communities.Senate Bill 79 (SB 79), authored by State Sen. Scott Wiener, marks the Democrats'…
These are Alice in Wonderland times, where limited-government conservatives often defend big-government policies, big-government progressives regularly support deregulation and everyone else is left scratching their heads.…
Seattle property owners are once again suing the city over affordable housing fees they're required to pay just for adding an additional home on their properties. Married couple Mehrit Teshome and Rocco Volker want to…
Washburn County officials shut down a 15-year-old's bait stand on his family's farm in Spooner, Wisconsin, deeming the shed a zoning violation, according to a cease-and-desist letter that threatened daily fines for…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at former President Barack Obama's recent speech in which he urged Democrats to be more YIMBY. Also included is an…
AI-generated image. Academics are supposed to find counterintuitive, nonobvious ideas. That should be especially true for me, given that I hold many unpopular views, and am deeply opposed to populism of both the left and…
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. You might not expect there to be much for libertarians to like about a town that boasts a master plan, where design conformity…
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