Housing advocates frequently claim that the housing crisis represents a market failure, which Investopedia defines as an inefficient distribution of
Category: Housing
Like Manna from Heaven
About 24 hours after the Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s latest eviction moratorium, housing advocates assembled in at least
Property Wrongs
A neighborhood association in Boise is fighting a proposal to develop a 226-unit subdivision. The Northwest Neighborhood Association (NWNA) contends
The Pragmatic Approach to Housing
For more than 100 years, discussions of housing and related policies have been dominated by a flawed method. It is
Friday Roundup 8-27-21
The Ford Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently committed $1.6 million to the HouseUS Fund. The fund, according to
Experiments in Freedom
Virtually every proposal to address the housing crisis starts with the same flawed premise, namely, the solution must come from
A House in a Box
Many great innovations begin with an idea that others dismiss as absurd. The electric light bulb is one example. When
Friday Roundup 8-20-21
For decades, community land trusts (CLT) have been used by non-profits to provide home owner to low income families. Under