Peter Coe Verbica, in the political journal Grassroots, shines a light on an often forgotten element of the housing crisis: the precipitous decline in home ownership and the downstream economic, political, and cultural impact of that development.
Read MoreHistorian Richard Rothstein explains how historic government policies undermined the free property market in the name of keeping races apart treated unequally.
Read MorePat Waite of Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility uncovered how the proposed San Jose property transfer tax for affordable housing is really just a General Fund tax that could be spent on virtually anything.
Read MoreThe government monopoly over public education exerts its power with new state legislation constraining charter schools.
Read MoreOn December 10, the San Jose City Council approved a directional plan which aims to allocate to affordable housing monies raised from a proposed new property transfer tax. The plan has no guarantees that the monies will actually be spent on housing and has no guardrails to make sure the money isn’t misspent on overpriced new dwellings. Pierluigi Oliverio of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers’ Association explains.
Read MoreThe once-promising local cannabis business in California is reeling as the state increases business taxes on legal marijuana, creating incentives for (again) a thriving black market. The AP reports.
Read MoreAffordable housing & living. Integrated communities. Booming economy. Increased densification. Scott Beyer of Market Urbanism takes on liberal snobbery about Houston's urban success in Catalyst.
Read MoreThe expected downstream effects of the state's soak-the-wealthy tax schemes are taking effect: 45% decrease from expected revenue gains. The Wall Street Journal reports.
Read MoreCalifornia Globe reports on how subsidizing “affordable” housing simply keeps prices high and uses taxpayers to bail out failed government policies.
Read MoreEdward Ring of California Policy Center compares why of a family of four in Houston with the same salary is so much better off than their California equivalent.
Read MoreRead about Indiana’s K-12 school voucher program and how it delivers social justice by giving more power to poor people and historically marginalized groups.
Read MoreLook at one of those census maps of San Jose based on race: The east/west divide is notable, and our shameful residential segregation owes a lot to government zoning and development policies whose impact still lingers. Noted author Richard Rothstein reports in Reason magazine.
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