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The Wrong Framework Leads to Bad Decisions

June 14, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

In my book, The Affordable Housing Crisis: Causes and Cures, I show how a century of policies attempting to provide

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Zoning is not a Property Right

June 12, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing, Zoning and Land Use

In Canada, as in the United States, single-family zoning is under attack. Canadian columnist Terence Corcoran (who labels himself as

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Minimum Parking Requirements and Affordable Housing

June 9, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing, Zoning and Land Use

In my book, The Affordable Housing Crisis: Causes and Cures, I examine many different policies that have impacted the affordability

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How Rights Get Destroyed

June 7, 2023 Brian Phillips Education

A recent opinion piece at CNN.com addresses several bills that were introduced in the 2023 Texas legislative session, including a

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They Should be Concerned about the Present

June 5, 2023 Brian Phillips Education

Many rural Texans oppose school choice because they fear what might happen to their government schools in the future. A

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Adverse Possession

June 2, 2023 Brian Phillips Property

A little-known aspect of property rights is the concept of adverse possession, sometimes called squatters rights. Founded in common law,

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Price Controls are Kinda Sorta Bad

May 31, 2023 Brian Phillips General, Housing

An editorial by the New York Daily News Editorial Board provides an example of the nonsense that can be written

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The “Shabbifying” of NYC Rental Housing

May 29, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

Howard Husock, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, uses data from the Census Bureau to illustrate how rent

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