What Causes the Housing Crisis?
Housing costs have outrun incomes for decades. The cause is not mysterious: zoning restrictions, NIMBYism, and political economy that...
February 2025
How Urban Planning Works: Zoning, Housing, and the Shape of Cities
How does urban planning work? Explore zoning laws, housing scarcity, Jane Jacobs vs Le Corbusier, Robert Moses, transit-oriented development, and...
May 2024
Why Is Housing So Expensive: The Economics of the Global Housing Crisis
Housing has become unaffordable in cities worldwide. Economic research from Glaeser, Gyourko, Hsieh, and Moretti explains why zoning restrictions,...