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All You Need Is Love (and Deregulation)

Building our way to affordable cities does not require a government-led "post-neoliberal" approach to housing development.

Texas Revs the Growth Machine

Plus: The near death of starter-home reform in Texas, Colorado's pending ban on rent-recommendation software, and a very Catholic story of eminent domain abuse.

Cities Want 'YIMBY Grants' To Pay for Bureaucratic Busy Work

Cities are asking for federal zoning-reform dollars to pay for plans that might never pass.

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The First 'Missing Middle' Reform of the Year Has Passed. Will It Get Housing Built?

Arlington's successful passage of a modest missing middle housing reform bill after an intense debate raises the question of whether YIMBY politics can practically fix the problems it sets out to address.

Congress' $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Includes a Baby 'YIMBY' Grant Program

It needs some work.

Federal Money Intended for Zoning Reformers Ends Up in NIMBY Clutches

The White House is giving $1.5 billion in INFRA grants to entities that either don't approve new housing or are actively opposed to making it easier to build.

Joe Biden's Use of Transportation Dollars To Incentivize Zoning Reform Is a Big Flop

Little, if any, of the $2.2 billion in RAISE grants have gone to jurisdictions proactively deregulating housing construction.

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Trans activists protest at England Women’s Twickenham training session against rugby ban

Trans activists protest at England Women’s Twickenham training session against rugby ban

The England Women's Rugby team took part in a pre-season training camp today and watching on were a group of activists protesting against the ban of transgender athletes in women's rugby

Transgender activists protest against ‘disgraceful’ rugby ban

Transgender activists protest against ‘disgraceful’ rugby ban

Emily Hamilton, founding co-chair of LGBTQ+ supporters association ‘Quins Pride’, was among a group staging a peaceful protest at Twickenham

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Eliminating Single-Family Zoning Isn't the Reason Minneapolis Is a YIMBY Success Story

Eliminating Single-Family Zoning Isn't the Reason Minneapolis Is a YIMBY Success Story

Housing production is rising and rents are falling. But newly legal duplexes and triplexes make up only a tiny fraction of new development.

Video of American Enterprise Institute Event on my Book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom"

Video of American Enterprise Institute Event on my Book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom"

It includes commentary by housing policy specialist Emily Hamilton (Mercatus Center), and economist Filipe Campante (Johns Hopkins University).

Affordable housing – in pandemic times, what works and what doesn't?

Affordable housing – in pandemic times, what works and what doesn't?

Two years of pandemic disruptions have put a spotlight on shortcomings in the U.S. housing market. Some of these shortcomings have their origins in federal and local policy decisions made decades ago. But there are also positive examples of cities making zoning decisions that work to create affordable housing. On…

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