Brian Phillips at Live Oaks contacted me regarding the recent post by Stephen Smith on planning in Houston. Brian is a long time opponent of land use restrictions and defender of property rights in Houston. Brian has a different point of view on the subject, and has written a post on [...]
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December 29th, 2008 | Tags: developer, development, Houston, libertarian, planning, property rights, regulation, Stephen Smith, Urban Legends, zoning | Category: planning, zoning | Comments |
 printable viewby Stephen Smith It seems to be an article of faith among many land use commentators – both coming from the pro- and anti-planning positions – that Houston is a fundamentally unplanned city, and that whatever is built there is the manifest destiny of the free market in action. But is this true? Did [...] December 10th, 2008 | Tags: Dr. Shoup, Houston, parking, sprawl, Stephen Smith | Category: Urban[ism] Legends, planning, sprawl, zoning | Comments |
printable viewJ. Brian Phillips wrote a great post at Houston Property Rights about liberal property rights in Houston, but what Brian had to say applies to every place. Here’s a snippet, but the entire post deserves a reading: when developers and builders see a need for greater density, they respond accordingly. And they can respond relatively [...] September 18th, 2008 | Tags: density, freedom, Houston, J. Brian Phillips, Market, property, property rights, zoning | Category: Economics, planning, zoning | Comments |
printable viewHarvard Economist Ed Glaeser wrote an opinion piece in the New York Sun about the differences in housing affordability and other costs of living between Houston and New York. New York is naturally more expensive than Houston because the geographical constraints force higher density development, which is more expensive to build. New York’s highly regulated [...] July 17th, 2008 | Tags: affordability, density, development, Economics, glaeser, Houston, nyc, zoning | Category: Economics, featured, housing, zoning | Comments |
printable viewHouston Strategies – Historic preservation should be a neighborhood choice “In Houston’s Old Sixth Ward, the city’s first fully protected district, property values have shot up 27 percent in the last year. When given the chance, historic preservation works.” June 9th, 2008 | Tags: easements, facade easement, Historic, historic preservation, Houston, property rights | Category: preservation | Comments |
printable viewOut of Control blog: Terms of Potential PA Turnpike Lease Announced Curbed NYC 4/22/08: Developer-Driven Rezoning Prepares to Enter Ring AMNY 4/24/08: Residents fight Tudor City development Houston Strategies 4/24/08: The renewed zoning debate April 24th, 2008 | Tags: Houston, NIMBY, nyc, pa turnpike, rezoning, Tudor City | Category: Uncategorized | Comments |
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