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Tag: rental housing

The Wrong Standard of Value

December 8, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

As energy expert Alex Epstein points out in Fossil Future, before we begin to analyze any idea or policy, we

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Dropping the Context Regarding Rents

November 20, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

The Los Angeles City Council recently approved a plan to let landlords increase rents in 2024 by 4 percent. Renters

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It is Acceptable to Hate Landlords

October 23, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

Landlords have long been an object of derision. The ongoing affordable housing crisis has only exacerbated the attacks. Landlords are

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Profiteering and Property Taxes

October 16, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

When a landlord raises the rent, he is often accused of profiteering—making an “excessive” or “unfair” profit. Those making such

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Is a Lack of Supply Causing the Housing Crisis?

September 8, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing

A recent article on Common Dreams, a news website serving the progressive community, claims that a lack of supply isn’t

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Minimum Parking Requirements and Affordable Housing

June 9, 2023 Brian Phillips Housing, Zoning and Land Use

In my book, The Affordable Housing Crisis: Causes and Cures, I examine many different policies that have impacted the affordability

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A Denial of Responsibility

December 12, 2022 Brian Phillips Housing

In early December, Maxwell Frost tweeted that he had been denied an apartment in Washington, DC, because of “really bad

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The Forgotten Victims of the Lockdowns

December 7, 2022 Brian Phillips Housing

Since early in the pandemic, we have heard countless stories of the hardships faced by renters due to the lockdowns.

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