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The Land Value Argument Against New Housing

February 2, 2017 By Michael Lewyn

One common argument against new housing is that permitting it causes land to become more valuable, thus leading to higher rather than lower rents.  It seems to me that this argument is unpersuasive for a few reasons.First, if it was true, places with permissive zoning would have higher rents … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing

The Sheer Craziness Of New York City’s Rent Stabilization Mandates

January 30, 2017 By Michael Lewyn

Recently, I met someone who was trapped in a terrible apartment.  Why "trapped"?  For months (if not years) she had been in an adversarial relationship with both her landlord and her neighbors, but she can't quite bring herself to leave.  Why not?First, she is in a rent-stabilized apartment, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, rent control

Thoughts On Today’s Emily Hamilton Vs. Randal O’Toole Cato Discussion

November 29, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

Because of work obligations, I listened to only about a third of today's Cato Institute discussion on urban sprawl.  I heard some of Randall O'Toole's talk and some of the question-and-answer period.O’Toole said high housing prices don’t correlate with “zoning” just with “growth constraints.”  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, sprawl Tagged With: home ownership, o'toole, sprawl

One Reason Why Subsidies Aren’t the (Only) Solution

November 24, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

I was rereading the Obama Administration's surprisingly market-oriented policy paper on zoning and affordable housing, and saw one good point that I had never really thought about.One common anti-development argument is that government should subsidize housing for the poor instead of allowing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing

Kotkin And The Atlantic- Spreading ‘Localism’ Nonsense Together

November 1, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

The Atlantic Magazine's Citylab web page ran an interview with Joel Kotkin today.  Kotkin seems to think we need more of something called "localism", stating: "Growth of state control has become pretty extreme in California, and I think we’re going to see more of that in the country in general, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free-market impostors, housing, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, zoning Tagged With: localism, zoning

Collective Action Problems Are Similar For Land Use And Schools

October 30, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

I just read a law review article complaining that some white areas in integrated southern counties were trying to secede from integrated school systems (thus ensuring that the countywide systems become almost all-black while the seceding areas get to have white schools), and it occurred to me that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Michael Lewyn, Policy, zoning

Joel Kotkin’s New Book Lays Out His Sprawling Vision For America

September 29, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

Also read my other post about Kotkin's book:  NIMBYism as an Argument Against Urbanism Traditionally, defenders of suburban sprawl have been skittish about proclaiming that government should promote sprawl and halt infill development.  Instead, they have taken a libertarian tack, arguing that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture & Books, Michael Lewyn, sprawl Tagged With: Joel Kotkin

NIMBYism as an Argument Against Urbanism

September 26, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

In his new book The Human City, Joel Kotkin tries to use NIMBYism as an argument against urbanism.  He cites numerous examples of NIMBYism in wealthy city neighborhoods, and suggests that these examples rebut "the largely unsupported notion that ever more people want to move 'back to the city'." … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free-market impostors, housing, NIMBYism, Policy, zoning Tagged With: housing, kotkin, NIMBY, zoning

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