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Entrepreneurs and the Changing Political Economy of Housing

April 6, 2022 By Jeff Fong

Discussions about land use reform focus on policy – as they should. Overcoming NIMBYism will require deep legal, political, and regulatory reform. That said, entrepreneurs may be helping to short circuit the perverse incentives that give rise to NIMBYism in the first place. New companies may be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, entrepreneurship, housing crisis, tech

California should indeed build new cities – but don’t let Nathan J. Robinson anywhere near them

March 17, 2022 By Salim Furth

Urbanist and YIMBY Twitter had a field day dunking on Nathan J. Robinson, whose essay in his publication Current Affairs (yesterday's tagline: "the one thing left that isn't disappointing") called for building new cities in California.The essay was a typical of the "anti-anti-NIMBY" genre: he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Places & Spaces, planning, Uncategorized, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: California, Garden City, New Cities

Yimbyism: The Evolution of an Idea

February 19, 2019 By Jeff Fong

Five years ago everything in California felt like a giant (land use policy) dumpster fire. Fast forward to today we live in a completely different world. Yimby activists have pushed policy, swayed elections, and dramatically shifted the overton window on California housing policy. And through this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Policy, Uncategorized Tagged With: California, housing, politics, yimby

What Should YIMBYs Learn From 2018?

February 4, 2019 By Nolan Gray

Believe it or not, the YIMBY movement won a lot in 2018. It kicked off with January’s high of California State Senator Scott Wiener’s introduction of SB 827, which would have permitted multifamily development near transit across the state, but fell to a low after its eventual defeat in committee, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, NIMBYism, Uncategorized, zoning Tagged With: adus, ben carson, California, cory booker, edmonton, elizabeth warren, kevin faulconer, minneapolis, mt laurel, New Jersey, republicans, San Diego, San Francisco, sb827, scott wiener, yimby

Housing Still Suffers the Same Ills That Caused the Great Recession—Just Not the Ones You Think

September 25, 2018 By Albert Gustafson

If you type “housing crisis” into Google search, “2008” is no longer the first result. The subprime mortgage crisis that toppled the global economy just a decade ago has been supplanted on Google trends by “housing crisis 2018.” This time, the crisis isn’t an overabundance of housing; it’s a chronic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, NIMBYism Tagged With: affordable housing crisis, California, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, great recession, housing bubble, Kevin Erdmann, nimbyism, subprime mortgage crisis

Quantifying the effects of California zoning rules

July 19, 2016 By Emily Hamilton

Yet another study in a long line of others provides evidence that land-use regulations restrict housing supply. A new paper identifies a correlation between land-use regulations in California cities and the growth rate for housing units. Kip Jackson finds that California zoning rules and other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, zoning Tagged With: California, zoning

The Stealth Guide To Nimbyville

April 14, 2016 By Johnny Sanphilippo

Hovering somewhere just beyond all the land use zoning regulations, building codes, finance mechanisms, aspirational comprehensive municipal plans, state mandates, and endless NIMBYism lies… reality.If you happen to want to live in certain parts of coastal California you need to come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Law Tagged With: California, NIMBY, suburbs

Trickle-Down Housing Economics? Laying Reagan’s Ghost to Rest

August 25, 2015 By Jeff Fong

In a recent 48 Hills post, housing activist Peter Cohen aimed a couple rounds of return fire at SPUR's Gabriel Metcalf. The post comes in response to Mr. Metcalf's own article critiquing progressive housing policy. Mr. Cohen bounces around a bit, but he does repeat some frequently used talking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, planning, Policy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bay Area, California, debate, gentrification, housing crisis, San Francisco

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