July 14, 2023
Housing Supply and The Housing Crisis
Opportunity Now interviewed me about how limited housing construction impacts the housing crisis: Dynamic metropolitan areas like the Bay Area, LA, and New York City suffer from longstanding mismatches between the supply of housing and demand for it. Local communities … Continue reading
July 14, 2023 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
October 29, 2021
Reducing Land Use and Zoning Restrictions
The White House hosted an event today on Reducing Land Use and Zoning Restrictions. While the event was pretty short — an hour or so — it had a bunch of heavy hitters presenting, including Professor Edward Glaeser of Harvard. … Continue reading
October 29, 2021 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
July 10, 2019
Does Historic Preservation Limit Affordable Housing?
I answer that it can in CQ Researcher’s Historic Preservation: Can The Past Escape The Wrecking Ball? Many people fail to realize that land use policies like historic preservation involve big trade-offs. The most important one is that if you want … Continue reading
July 10, 2019 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
March 18, 2019
Skyscraper’s Future up in The Air
The New York Law Journal quoted me in Upper West Side Skyscraper’s Future Uncertain After NY State Court Ruling. The story opens, The development at 200 Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan is slated to be the tallest building on the Upper … Continue reading
March 18, 2019 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
April 23, 2018
Promoting Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
Enteprise has released a report, Promoting Opportunity through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Navigating Federal Transportation Policy. It opens, Transportation, housing and land use decisions that form the foundation of our development patterns are made at every level of government. While … Continue reading
April 23, 2018 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
April 16, 2018
Cities With the Worst Rent
Realtor.com quoted me in Cities With the Worst Rent: Is This How Much You’re Coughing Up? It opens, Sure, rents are too dang high just about everywhere, but people living in Los Angeles really have a right to complain: New analysis by Forbes has found … Continue reading
April 16, 2018 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
April 11, 2018
Planning for a Wetter Future
Enterprise has issued Safer and Stronger Cities: Strategies for Advocating for Federal Resilience Policy. The report offers a menu of federal recommendations organized into five chapters focusing on infrastructure, housing, economic development and public safety. Each chapter includes a set of strategies, … Continue reading
April 11, 2018 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
