Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: The Supreme Court’s decision not to take up a major challenge to Los Angeles’ COVID-era eviction moratorium Maine passes a suite of zoning reforms. The urbanist case for tourist traps But first, our lead item on how a challenge to slightly […]
NA In a recent article in the Atlantic, Rogé Karma, describes how NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) forces have been increasingly stifling housing construction many areas – including Sun Belt cities – where it was previously relatively easy: Something is happening in the housing market that really shouldn’t be. Everyone familiar with America’s affordability crisis […]
NA On Monday, California enacted an important new law breaking down a key regulatory barrier to new housing construction. The CalMatters website has a helpful summary: A decade-spanning political battle between housing developers and defenders of California’s preeminent environmental law likely came to an end this afternoon with only a smattering of “no” votes. The […]
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: A vetoed housing supply bill in Connecticut. A gutting of San Diego’s productive “bonus ADU” program. The legacy of the Supreme Court’s Kelo eminent domain decision two decades on. But first, our lead item on yet another case of eminent domain […]