Zoning Laws: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing \ stacker news ~econ

245 sats \ 4 comments \ @Undisciplined 18 Dec 2023 econ

We were talking about zoning laws in the context of commercial real estate last week. They also play an important role in residential real estate. It's the flip side of how they keep commercial real estate artificially depressed. Since there's relatively stronger demand for residential real estate, zoning laws keep housing artificially expensive.

Zoning Laws: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing By Taiwo Agbeluyi "While zoning laws do not explain all homelessness in this country, they help make housing less affordable, putting more people on the streets who no longer can pay for a place to live."

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294 sats \ 3 replies \ @02dc6a50c1 18 Dec 2023

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Dec 2023

I was aware of Houston's lack of zoning laws, but I haven't seen much analysis based on it. From what I've seen first hand, cities like Houston (major metros other than the liberal coasts) don't really have huge homeless problems. I've always attributed that difference to a whole suite of policy differences, with affordable housing being one of the bigger ones.

294 sats \ 1 reply \ @02dc6a50c1 18 Dec 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Dec 2023

I'd say "property value" over "property rights", but otherwise I fully agree.