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Upzoning Is Necessary, But Is It Sufficient?

Upzoning and reduced regulation are not magic bullets. Indeed, almost 20 years of data from across the country consistently shows that zoning reforms alone end up producing only a fraction of the new housing the country needs.  Restrictive zoning is correctly understood to cause higher housing costs and less construction.  But the opposite turns out not to be true; reduced regulation cannot on its own create enough housing to lower costs.

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Local Control Isn’t Our Only Problem

There is an almost invisible web of agencies regulating bits and pieces of the housing ecosystem. Their rulemaking is typically done with neither the authority nor the requirement to consider whether their policies promote, or hinder, available and affordable housing.

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