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Topics › Urban Growth and Land Use

Urban Growth and Land Use

  • Affordable Housing
  • Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings
  • Inclusionary Zoning
  • Redevelopment and Revitalization
  • Wal-Mart and Big Box Stores

California turns to more debt and borrowing, which won’t fix the housing crisis

California turns to more debt and borrowing, which won’t fix the housing crisis

By Eliza Terziev

Unfortunately, while California’s housing crisis certainly needs continued reforms and political action, these proposed bonds would not meaningfully improve affordability.

Reducing barriers to manufactured homes
Reducing barriers to manufactured homes

By Eliza Terziev

The ROAD to Housing Act gets some things right. The hard work is still local.
The ROAD to Housing Act gets some things right. The hard work is still local.

By Christina Mojica

Cities’ pension dollars are not for building affordable housing
Cities’ pension dollars are not for building affordable housing

By Mariana Trujillo

Louisiana is criminalizing a housing problem
Louisiana is criminalizing a housing problem

By Christina Mojica

  • Housing reforms pushed by California gubernatorial candidates are encouraging, but stall at the local level
    Housing reforms pushed by California gubernatorial candidates are encouraging, but stall at the local level

    Commentary by Christina Mojica

  • Disaster recovery should not be complicated by politics
    Disaster recovery should not be complicated by politics

    Commentary by Christina Mojica

  • The BUILD housing package is a step forward for Illinois
    The BUILD housing package is a step forward for Illinois

    Commentary by Eliza Terziev

  • Accessory dwelling units reveal housing constraints and the limits of legalization alone
    Accessory dwelling units reveal housing constraints and the limits of legalization alone

    Commentary by Christina Mojica

  • Urban areas can expand housing supply through transit-oriented development 
    Urban areas can expand housing supply through transit-oriented development 

    Commentary by Eliza Terziev

  • California lawmakers shouldn’t subsidize risks and privatize profits for factory-built homebuilders
    California lawmakers shouldn’t subsidize risks and privatize profits for factory-built homebuilders

    Commentary by Eliza Terziev

  • South Carolina’s House Bill 3876 would hurt small short-term rental providers
    South Carolina’s House Bill 3876 would hurt small short-term rental providers

    Commentary by Eliza Terziev

  • Why restricting institutional investors won’t fix housing affordability
    Why restricting institutional investors won’t fix housing affordability

    Commentary by Adrian Moore

  • California’s small CEQA workarounds aren’t enough to produce the housing needed
    California’s small CEQA workarounds aren’t enough to produce the housing needed

    Commentary by Christina Mojica

Urban Growth and Land Use Policy Studies

  • The Transportation Advantages Of Dispersed City Structures Compared To Central Business District-Focused City Structures
    The Transportation Advantages Of Dispersed City Structures Compared To Central Business District-Focused City Structures

    Policy Brief by Phil Hayward

  • The Economic Problems Caused By Constraining Urban Growth
    The Economic Problems Caused By Constraining Urban Growth

    Policy Brief by Phil Hayward

  • Urban Containment: The Social and Economic Consequences of Limiting Housing and Travel Options
    Urban Containment: The Social and Economic Consequences of Limiting Housing and Travel Options

    Policy Study by Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore

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