The housing shortage is a case study of unfortunate regulatory success, not failure: a ruthlessly effective system doing what it was designed to do.
Housing
A critical obstacle to universally affordable housing in the United States is the nationwide web of “not-in-my-backyard” laws and regulations that restrict growth in the supply of housing. In addition, we should modernize housing assistance so that it can help people live near their jobs and families, and reform macroeconomic policies that have placed home prices out of reach for middle- and lower-income Americans.
All Housing
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Innovative solutions could create a better and more sustainable system to facilitate ownership
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