The LIHTC fuels housing inflation and lacks measurable benchmarks for efficiency and accountability
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
FREOPP sent suggestions to the US Senate Committee on Finance
There was hope when the Biden administration unveiled its Housing Supply Action Plan. Unfortunately, it is lacking in some areas
The dearth of housing supply pushes up rents, making it far more difficult for students to afford to attend college
The answer to housing price problems begins not with more subsidies, but with lowering barriers to the market for housing producers
Now is a good time to start reimagining how we fund subsidies for housing
The legislation seems to have taken seriously the problems with vouchers
Biden's housing plan focuses too much on subsidies and not enough on housing supply