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Category: Housing

Injustice in the Name of Justice

February 19, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Property

In 2015, The Texas Legislature passed a bill that prohibits local governments from forcing landlords to accept housing vouchers. Sen.

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When “Rights” are Wrong, Part 3

February 17, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing

In Part 2, we examined how the alleged right to choose advocated by housing advocates actually destroys the freedom to

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When “Rights” are Wrong, Part 2

February 15, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing 3 comments

In Part 1, we saw that housing advocates are advocating four “rights” pertaining to housing. In this post, we will

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When “Rights” are Wrong, Part 1

February 12, 2021 Brian Phillips Communication, Housing One comment

Gresham’s Law holds that “bad” money drives out “good” money. For example, if legal tender laws declare that a one

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Jim Crow Redux

February 8, 2021 Brian Phillips General, Housing

In the late 19th and early 20th century, a series of laws were enacted, primarily in Southern states, that mandated

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The Law of Demanding Supply

February 3, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Property

The law of supply and demand is a fundamental economic truth. One of its tenets is that when the demand

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Modern-day Luddites

February 1, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Property

In the early nineteenth century, textile workers in Britain burned mills and destroyed equipment to protest the increasing use of

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The Housing is a “Right” Movement

January 29, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Property

A growing movement across the nation claims that housing is a human right. Indeed, in March 2020, Representative Pramila Jayapal

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