REFinBlog

Editor: David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School

February 21, 2018

Zoning and Housing Affordability

By David Reiss

Vanessa Brown Calder has posted Zoning, Land-Use Planning, and Housing Affordability to SSRN. It opens, Local zoning and land-use regulations have increased substantially over the decades. These constraints on land development within cities and suburbs aim to achieve various safety, … Continue reading

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February 21, 2018 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

November 30, 2017

Storm-Induced Delinquencies

By David Reiss

The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center has released its November 2017 Housing Finance at a Glance Chartbook. The Introduction looks out how this summer’s big storms have pushed up delinquency rates: The Mortgage Bankers Association recently released the results … Continue reading

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November 30, 2017 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

October 19, 2017

Housing Pays

By David Reiss

The Los Angeles Business Council released its Housing Pays Report: Capturing the Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Increased Housing Production in L.A. LA has been taking serious steps recently to deal with its housing crisis and this report describes those steps … Continue reading

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October 19, 2017 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

October 18, 2017

The Economics of Housing Supply

By David Reiss

Housing economists Edward L. Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko have posted The Economic Implications of Housing Supply to SSRN (behind a paywall but you can find a slightly older version of the paper here). The abstract reads, In this essay, we review the basic economics … Continue reading

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October 18, 2017 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

October 17, 2017

Evidence and Innovation in Housing

By David Reiss

Lee Anne Fennell and Benjamin Keys have posted the Introduction to their new book, Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy, to SSRN. It opens, No area of law and policy presents more important and pressing questions, or ones more … Continue reading

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October 17, 2017 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

June 14, 2017

High Rents and Land Use Regulation

By David Reiss

The Federal Reserve’s Devin Bunten has posted Is the Rent Too High? Aggregate Implications of Local Land-Use Regulation. It is a technical paper about an important subject. It has implications for those who are concerned about the lack of affordable housing … Continue reading

October 21, 2016

Advancing Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

By David Reiss

MZ Strategies has posted a white paper funded by the Ford Foundation, Advancing Equitable Transit-Oriented Development through Community Partnerships and Public Sector Leadership. It opens, Communities across the country are investing in better transit to connect people of all income levels … Continue reading

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October 21, 2016 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments