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Punishing the Innocent

In early September Grapevine became the latest Texas city to outlaw short-term rentals (STRs), such as Airbnb. The city’s mayor

For decades, various politicians, activists, and organizations have been pushing for Houston to develop and adopt a general plan. In

The very nature of zoning makes it a magnet for controversy and divisiveness. The latest example has erupted in College

In 2012, Austin began the process of rewriting the city’s land-use regulations. The project came to be named CodeNext, and

In most political debates, we hear lots of claims about the alleged benefits of a particular program or policy. Those

I have previously written, albeit briefly, about both the economic and moral aspects of opposition to Austin’s CodeNext. The debate

In the last post, we briefly examined the contradictory goals of some opponents of Austin’s proposed new land-use regulations. The

For the past five years, the city of Austin has been working on a revised land-use ordinance called CodeNext. The