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Herbert Hoover reconsidered

January 23, 2023 By Michael Lewyn

In recent years, I have thought of Herbert Hoover as sort of an urban policy villian, thanks to his promotion of zoning. But I recently ran across one of his memoirs in our school's library. (Hoover's memoirs were a multivolume set, and this particular volume related to his service as Secretary of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, housing, Michael Lewyn, zoning Tagged With: Herbert Hoover

An Anti-Anti-NIMBY article

November 24, 2022 By Michael Lewyn

During the Trump Administration, liberals sometimes criticized conservatives for being anti-anti-Trump: that is, not directly championing Trump's more obnoxious behaviour, but devoting their energies to criticizing people who criticized him.Similarly, I've seen some articles recently that were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, Policy, sprawl, zoning Tagged With: Aaron Renn

Louisville and density regulation

November 17, 2022 By Michael Lewyn

Lydia Lo and Yonah Freemark have an interesting new paper ? EditSignon zoning in Louisville on the Urban Institute website. They point out that of the land zoned for single-family housing, 59 percent is zoned R4, requiring 9000-square-foot lots, which means no more than five houses per … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michael Lewyn, Transportation, zoning Tagged With: density, louisville

Is affordability just, “You get what you pay for”?

October 20, 2022 By Salim Furth

In a tweet this week, the Welcoming Neighbors Network recommended that pro-housing advocates keep supply-and-demand arguments in their back pockets and emphasize simpler housing composition arguments:https://twitter.com/WNNProHousing/status/1582157909827653636This advice makes an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, zoning

Is Tokyo comparable to U.S. cities?

July 31, 2022 By Michael Lewyn

In his new book Arbitrary Lines, Nolan Gray points out that Tokyo is more affordable than many U.S. cities because its zoning policies are less restrictive.One common counterargument is that because Tokyo is a population-losing city in a population-losing city, it simply lacks the demand to have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michael Lewyn, World City Profiles, zoning Tagged With: Los Angeles, New York City, tokyo

Review: Homelessness is a Housing Problem

April 19, 2022 By Michael Lewyn

In Homelessness is a Housing Problem, Prof. Gregg Colburn and data scientist Clayton Page Aldern seek to answer the question: why is homelessness much more common in some cities than in others?They find that only two factors are significant: 1) overall rents and 2) rental vacancy rates. Where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, housing, Michael Lewyn, zoning Tagged With: homelessness

Getting to “Yes”

November 2, 2021 By Salim Furth

In laudable news, the Pew Charitable Trusts have backed a research project at NYU’s Furman Center to commission and publish work “to understand how specific land use reforms…have affected outcomes on the ground, especially with respect to residential development.”While looking forward to that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, zoning Tagged With: Case study, YIMBYism

The banks aren’t beating first time buyers – It’s the NIMBYs.

September 13, 2021 By Tom Spencer

A few weeks ago the Times reported that Lloyds Banking Group had purchased 45 new homes to let in Peterborough. This is part of a plan for Lloyds to own 50,000 homes by 2031. Given the median home in the City is now worth over 7 times the annual earnings of the typical resident, it is understandable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, zoning Tagged With: Britain, housing affordability

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