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Book Review: The Housing Bias

March 9, 2021 By Salim Furth

The best book on zoning and NIMBYism you’ve never read might well be The Housing Bias by Paul Boudreaux. The author is a law professor, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he’s a journalist. His writing is engaging – and occasionally funny – and he does what is unthinkable for many scholars: drives to various […]

Why rents aren’t keeping up with house prices

March 3, 2021 By Tom Spencer

Global house prices have been out of control for quite some time. This has helped to reduce economic growth, increase unemployment and was even diagnosed as the … [Read More...]

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The Duplex: Gateway Drug to Urban Density

February 24, 2021 By Jeff Fong

After over a century, Berkeley, California may be about to legalize missing middle housing - and it’s not alone. Bids to re-legalize gradual densification in the … [Read More...]

Latest rent research

February 21, 2021 By Michael Lewyn

A recent paper by UCLA researchers discusses 2019-20 literature on the relationship between new construction and rents. The article discusses five papers; four of them found that new housing consistently lowers rents in nearby buildings.For example, Kate … [Read More...]

Cyberpunk 2077’s Dystopian City Planning

February 11, 2021 By Nolan Gray

Night City: the cyberpunk themed sandbox of William Gibson's darkest tech-themed dreams, and despite the host of game-breaking glitches, home to all the anti-urban nightmares that the genre helped spawn. In this episode of Pop Culture Urbanism, I dig deep into … [Read More...]

How YIMBYs used Ostrom to recruit conservatives

February 10, 2021 By Tom Spencer

A major barrier to the market urbanist’s ability to make the case for building more housing is the question of aesthetics. When you refer to density in cities, it’s easy to picture large brutalist towers and the slum-like conditions that can be seen in much of … [Read More...]

Pop Culture Urbanism: What Twin Peaks Understands About NIMBYism

January 28, 2021 By Nolan Gray

Welcome to Twin Peaks: home of black coffee, cherry pie, murder, intrigue, and the endangered pine weasel. To kick off season two of Pop Culture Urbanism, I dive into David Lynch's eccentric nightmare/daytime soap opera world to examine the age old trope of … [Read More...]

California Housing Reform: 2021 Edition

January 12, 2021 By Jeff Fong

Current events being what they are, I’m happy to be writing about something positive. Once again, we’re getting an ambitious housing reform package in the California legislature. The various bills focus on removing obstacles to new housing and are a sign of … [Read More...]

Why Houston Isn’t An Argument for Zoning

January 6, 2021 By Michael Lewyn

Someone just posted a video on Youtube using Houston, Texas as an argument in favor of zoning. The logic of the video is: Houston is horrible; Houston has no zoning; therefore every city should have conventional zoning.This video and its logic are … [Read More...]

What’s Wrong With Hong Kong?

January 4, 2021 By Michael Lewyn

One common argument against new housing is that the laws of supply and demand simply don’t apply to dense cities like New York, San Francisco ands Hong Kong, because new housing or upzoning might raise land prices.*  After all (some  people argue) … [Read More...]

The Urban Planning of the North Pole

December 25, 2020 By Nolan Gray

You might think the North Pole is the most magical place on earth. But behind the magic, our deep dive into the history of Christmas movies reveals that there's more to it than that. In our firstPop Culture Urbanism holiday special, I explore the urban … [Read More...]

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