1. Development blogger Roving Bandit criticizes UN-Habitat executive director Joan Clos for saying that Africa is "confronted with [...] the challenge of preventing the formation of new slums." I wonder if Clos thinks that the Lower East Side was born with yoga studios and Starbucks. 2. A kidney … [Read more...]
Environmentalism vs. density, Clean Water Act edition
I know I've kind of beaten this horse dead, but this environmentalism vs. density stuff just enrages me too much to relegate it to a link list. Here are some excerpts from an article about how the EPA's proposed new rules for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could impede dense, … [Read more...]
Livechat invitation and more thinktank responses
As promised, I want to reprint the responses I got from Wendell Cox and Randal O'Toole, but first I wanted to invite everyone to a livechat that's being organized by Tim Lee. Tim used to write for Cato, but now he's pursuing a PhD at MIT and doing freelance writing on tech policy. He organizes … [Read more...]
Marc Scribner at CEI on Seattle’s land use regulation
A few days ago I wrote about inner Seattle's residential density liberalization, and I mentioned that I'd emailed a few land use writers at libertarian think tanks to get their reaction. I'm happy to report that all of them responded, and throughout the week I'll post links to/reprint their … [Read more...]
NYC & DC links
New York City 1. A while ago I wrote about how Manhattanville's blight, and therefore Columbia's ability to use eminent domain, was the fault of bad zoning. The nearby neighborhood of West Harlem looks like it's learned that lesson, and is seeking to protect itself against encroachment from … [Read more...]
Environmental review vs. congestion pricing
One of the sickest paradoxes in American law has got to be the arduous environmental review that's applied to transit and dense building projects, but I didn't think it was this bad. From an article about San Mateo County residents bitching about being asked to pitch in for the roads they use: The … [Read more...]
Seattle’s land use liberalization
It's not often that I find a plan that I can wholeheartedly agree with, but this one from Seattle sounds damn near perfect, at least in terms of marginal change (my emphasis...apologies to Publicola for stealing their content!): 1. Instead of the current generic land-use standards, the new … [Read more...]
Reinflating the housing bubble through the FHA?
I'd like to believe that, at least for another ten years or so, no amount of government money will be able to override investors' memories of the most recent housing bubble. But we may soon find out what lessons we really learned: While everyone has been watching Fannie and Freddie, the … [Read more...]
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