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“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.
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Why Money for Schools Means No Permits For Housing

April 30, 2015 By Jeff Fong

Why Money for Schools Means No Permits For Housing

Housing has a lot going against it in the California. But amidst all the legal, political, and regulatory roadblocks, there’s one law that sneaks by largely unnoticed: Prop 98.Prop 98 guarantees a minimum level of state spending on education each year. Sacramento pools most city, county, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Law, Policy Tagged With: California, housing, property taxes, proposition 98, taxes

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November 12, 2010 By Stephen Smith

Recently I've been delaying posting a few things because I wanted to wait till I had more time to cover them, but I'm realizing that I'll probably have new things to write about on the 15th (which is when regular posting will hopefully resume), so have at it – your first ever premium link … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bangladesh, Bay Area, Bucharest, Donald Shoup, India, mortgage interest deduction, nyc, parking, taxes

Mortgage-interest tax deduction cuts on the table

October 27, 2010 By Stephen Smith

Urbanism doesn't get a lot of breaking news (that is, unless Eric Fidler's prediction pans out), but this might be an exception: the WSJ is reporting that Obama's (bipartisan?) deficit commission is considering cutting the mortgage-interest tax deduction.  The reports are all very speculative, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: mortgage interest deduction, taxes

Matt Yglesias attacks parking maximums, outs himself as a market urbanist

October 26, 2010 By Stephen Smith

Matt Yglesias has been on a roll lately with the urbanism posts, all of which have a heavy "market urbanist" slant, but it's this post about parking reform in/around Boston (riffing off of this Boston Globe article) that seals the deal for me: Regulators pushing developers to build less parking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: New Urbanism, parking, Randal O'Toole, smart growth, taxes

Boudreaux: Roads Don’t Need New Taxes

July 24, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Don Boudreaux to the Washington Times:LETTER TO EDITOR: Roads don't need new taxesThursday, July 24, 2008Upset that Virginians' taxes were not recently raised to construct more roads, State Delegate Brian J. Moran, Alexandria and Fairfax Democrat, declares that "Government has an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, privatization, Transportation Tagged With: don boudreaux, privatization, roads, taxes, Transportation, Virginia

Rent Control Part 4: Conclusion and Solutions

June 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Welcome to the final post in the series discussing the consequences of rent control. Thank you to the subscribers who have patiently awaited each new post. I hope everyone found it enlightening. If you haven't read the entire series, you can catch up with these links: Rent Control Part One: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control, zoning Tagged With: affordability, affordable housing, California, Chicago, Decontrol, development, Economics, evict, exclusionary zoning, FAR, Free-market, government, homeowners, housing, housing market, industrial, landlord, LIHTC, politics, property rights, property taxes, proposition 98, redistribution of wealth, rent control, rent regulation, rent stabilization, solutions, taxes, tenant, Vacancy, vacancy decontrol, vouchers, zoning

Rent Control Part 3: Mobility, Regional Growth, Development and Class Conflict

May 28, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Part One of this series was a refresher on the Microeconomics of Rent Control and touched on how it encourages hoarding Part Two discussed rent controls influence on the black market for apartments, rental property deterioration and housing discrimination. Here in Part Three, we will discuss how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control Tagged With: affordable housing, class conflict, development, discrimination, Economics, employment, Free-market, gentrification, housing, landlord, mobility, nyc, peter cooper village, regional growth, rent, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated, segregation, stuyvesant town, taxes, tenant, Walter Block

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