June 22, 2016
Walkers in the City
The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at The George Washington School of Business has released Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros for 2016. The Executive Summary opens, The end of sprawl is in sight. … Continue reading
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April 20, 2016
The Land Use Report of the President
The Economic Report of the President contains an important analysis of local land use policies in a section titled “Constraints on Housing Supply:” Supply constraints provide a structural challenge in the housing market, particularly in high-mobility, economically vibrant cities. When housing supply … Continue reading
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March 11, 2016
Silicon Valley’s Housing Crisis
Realtor.com quoted me in Could There Really Be Relief Ahead for Silicon Valley’s Housing Crisis? It opens, Finally! A glimmer of hope has appeared in Silicon Valley’s housing crisis. Amid gloomy and downright terrifying stories about astronomical home prices and tighter-than-tight inventories … Continue reading
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January 13, 2016
Zoning Rules and Income Inequality
William Fischel, a preeminent land use scholar, has recently published Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation. The abstract for the book reads, Zoning has for a century enabled cities to chart their own course. It is a useful and … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Civil Forfeiture and the Constitution, Caleb Nelson, Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming; Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2. Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest, Robert Leckey, Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law (OUP), Elizabeth Brake and … Continue reading
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January 11, 2016
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
New York state appeals court affirmed denying dismissal of claims against Morgan Stanley for fraud. Plaintiff bought $17 million in high-risk notes tied to residential mortgage-backed securities in a $500 million collateralized debt obligation that eventually were wiped out. Quicken … Continue reading
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January 7, 2016
Jumping the Affordable Housing Shark
Realtor.com quoted me in Could Fonzie Solve America’s Housing Shortage? It opens, Call me old-fashioned, but in my heart of hearts, Fonzie from the 1970s TV show “Happy Days” is still the epitome of cool. That leather jacket. The shades. Those thumbs! He may … Continue reading
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