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Unleashing a Gusher of Affordable Housing

May 27, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing

In the late nineteenth century, self-taught geologist Patillo Higgins concluded that a salt dome in Beaumont contained oil. Geological experts

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A Bill to End Single-family Zoning

May 26, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Zoning and Land Use

A North Carolina senator has introduced a bill that would eliminate single-family zoning throughout the state. The bill would require

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Missing Middle Housing

May 25, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing, Zoning and Land Use

A growing trend in housing is building more missing middle housing. In most cities, new housing consists of single-family homes,

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Abbott’s Vindication

May 24, 2021 Brian Phillips Blog Posts

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he was rescinding the state’s face mask mandate and business occupancy limits effective

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Friday Roundup 5-21-21

May 21, 2021 Brian Phillips Roundup, Zoning and Land Use

When their beach house in Nags Head, North Carolina, burned to the ground in 2016, Michael and Cathy Zito wanted

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The Rent is too Damn High

May 20, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing

Housing advocates frequently claim that the rent is too damn high. (From 2005 to 2015, there was even a political

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Freedom of Choice and Segregation

May 19, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing

In the early twentieth century, cities across the nation began enacting zoning ordinances that prohibited blacks from buying a home

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Context and Big Bucks

May 18, 2021 Brian Phillips Housing

“Housing justice” activists often claim that landlords rake in the “big bucks.” Such claims usually drop the context, citing a

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The Affordable Housing Crisis: Causes and Cures, is available on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback.
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