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How to Obscure Reality to Make Planners Seem Important

June 30, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Regular reader, Bill forwarded this article from the New York Daily News calling it an "outstanding collection of anti-density and anti-market propaganda presented (as always) as objective journalism." The article is riddled with misconceptions (aka Urbanism Legends) about zoning and development … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, Zoning Tagged With: density, development, nyc, parking, planners, Transportation, Urbanism, zoning

Socialist Cities

June 13, 2008 By Adam Hengels

So, you think the planners in your area are taking something a little too far? Be glad you aren't in Venezuela... I wish I could link to the article by Michael Mehaffy in The Urban Land Institute's May edition of Urban Land titled "Venezuela's New Socialist Cities", but ULI doesn't provide the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, planning Tagged With: City, development, Environment, planning, Urbanism

Want Density? Turn the Free Market Loose

June 10, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Matthew Yglesias - What Price Density The solution, as Ryan Avent says, is to build denser communities. We ought to build more transit infrastructure, of course, but it's cheaper to use what we already have more intensively. And, of course, it's more practical to build new infrastructure if there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, Transportation, Zoning Tagged With: Building, congestion, construction, density, development, Free-market, housing, infrastructure

California’s Water Resources vs Development

June 9, 2008 By Adam Hengels

There are some good articles out there this morning, I want to share them with you... Rationalitate - California developments halted over water While the knee-jerk libertarian reaction might be disgust, I think the markets are probably ruined by the government, and current pricing isn't what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, development, Economics, water

Over 200 Illegal Hotel Buildings in NYC

June 2, 2008 By Adam Hengels

From AMNY: Report: 200 illegal hotels exist in the city There are more than 200 apartment buildings in the city that have been illegally converted to hotels, according to a report released Sunday, significantly reducing the number of rent-stabilized units available. ... Illegal hotel operators … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Zoning Tagged With: apartments, development, hotels, housing, nyc, zoning

Rent Control Part 4: Conclusion and Solutions

June 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Welcome to the final post in the series discussing the consequences of rent control. Thank you to the subscribers who have patiently awaited each new post. I hope everyone found it enlightening. If you haven't read the entire series, you can catch up with these links: Rent Control Part One: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control, Zoning Tagged With: affordability, affordable housing, California, Chicago, development, Economics, exclusionary zoning, FAR, Free-market, government, homeowners, housing, housing market, landlord, LIHTC, politics, property rights, property taxes, proposition 98, rent control, rent regulation, rent stabilization, taxes, tenant, Vacancy, vacancy decontrol, vouchers, zoning

Rent Control Part 3: Mobility, Regional Growth, Development and Class Conflict

May 28, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Part One of this series was a refresher on the Microeconomics of Rent Control and touched on how it encourages hoarding Part Two discussed rent controls influence on the black market for apartments, rental property deterioration and housing discrimination. Here in Part Three, we will discuss how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control Tagged With: affordable housing, class conflict, development, discrimination, Economics, Free-market, gentrification, housing, landlord, mobility, nyc, regional growth, rent, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated, segregation, taxes, tenant, Walter Block

Bribery for Property Rights: Federal Charges in Chicago

May 22, 2008 By Adam Hengels

NBC5 has an update listing the people involved and video here: New Corruption Charges Hit Building, Zoning Departments Chicago Tribune: U.S. to announce charges against 15 in city bribe-taking probe (thanks to Dan M. for the tip) Federal authorities are set to announce charges Thursday against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, Zoning Tagged With: Chicago, corruption, development, downzoning, NIMBY, politics, property rights, zoning

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