Housing

New High-End (“Luxury”) Housing Construction Really Does Help Everyone

“A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb…
How The U.S. Made It Impossible To Build

Progressives designed reforms to stop government abuse in the 1960s. Those same protections now make it…
How Immigrant Labor Came To Define the Construction Industry

An oft-repeated explanation for this sea change is that immigrants took jobs from Americans while, somewhat…
Most of Our Best Neighborhoods Would Be Illegal Today

[Pictured: A block of Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.] Did you enjoy the book “Abundance”…
Seattle Council Approves Eight-Unit Apartment Buildings Everywhere

Maybe calling them “stacked flats,” rather than “apartments,” was a stroke of genius. On Tuesday, the…
The Real Story of How LA Became the Epicenter of the Homeless Crisis

Someone finally wrote the definitive longform piece about exactly how the Los Angeles area became the…

New High-End (“Luxury”) Housing Construction Really Does Help Everyone