Brian Phillips, Author at Texas Institute for Property Rights

Principles vs. the Mob

In September, the Austin American-Statesman published a three-part series on the growing conflict between the owners of some short-term rentals

In early December, Minneapolis enacted an extensive reduction in the city’s zoning laws by eliminating single-family zoning. Developers will soon

Atascosa County Farm Bureau President Pete Pawelek has called for reform of Texas’s eminent domain laws. He claims that current

A recent story in the Texas Tribune details the difficulties that the holders of Section 8 vouchers have in locating

For some time, I have been defending short-term rentals (STRs), such as the accommodations offered through companies like Airbnb. This

In late November, a federal judge in Fort Worth ruled that a Wichita Falls anesthesiologist and fossil enthusiast could keep

Over the past decade (and perhaps longer) there has been a trend for business owners to claim that a law

Civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement agencies to seize property that they believe was used in illegal activity. But they