When government officials mandated the wearing of face masks in public, they implied that we are too stupid to make
Category: Housing
When the Temporary Isn’t
“You never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once said. “And what I
The Moral Case for Housing Producers
In 2011, I purchased a boarded up home in the Sunnyside community of Houston. This low-income neighborhood was filled with
Dropping Context 2
Irrationality can take many forms, but one of the most common is context-dropping. When one drops context, one considers an
An Open Letter to the Montclair Property Owners Association
In April 2020, the town council in Montclair, New Jersey, passed a rent control ordinance. The Montclair Property Owners Association
When “Rights” are Wrong, Part 5
In previous posts we have seen how the “right” to choose asserted by housing advocates leads to the destruction of
When “Rights” are Wrong, Part 4
In previous posts we have seen how the “right” to choose asserted by housing advocates leads to the destruction of
The Roundup 11
As the destruction caused by lock downs continues to grow, housing advocates have called for numerous measures to protect tenants,