In a recent Mackinac Policy conference, Detroit’s Mayor Mike Dugan proposed *drum roll* a land value tax. Sort of. Mayor Dugan’s proposal would create separate tax rates for land and capital ...
https://marketurbanism.com/2023/06/14/detroit-lvt-would-fix-that/
Arbitrary Lines is the newest must read book on zoning by land use scholar and Market Urbanism contributor, Nolan Gray. The book is split into three sections, starting with what zoning is and whe...
Georgists assert that a Land Value Tax (LVT) ensures land is always put to its most efficient use. They claim that increased carrying costs deter speculation. And if valuable land is never held o...
https://marketurbanism.com/2022/04/18/land-value-taxation-and-intertemporal-tradeoffs/
Discussions about land use reform focus on policy – as they should. Overcoming NIMBYism will require deep legal, political, and regulatory reform. That said, entrepreneurs may be helping to sho...
https://marketurbanism.com/2022/04/06/entrepreneurs-and-the-changing-political-economy-of-housing/
After over a century, Berkeley, California may be about to legalize missing middle housing – and it’s not alone. Bids to re-legalize gradual densification in the form of duplexes, triplexes, ...
https://marketurbanism.com/2021/02/24/the-duplex-gateway-drug-to-urban-density/
Current events being what they are, I’m happy to be writing about something positive. Once again, we’re getting an ambitious housing reform package in the California legislature. The various ...
https://marketurbanism.com/2021/01/12/california-housing-reform-2021-edition/
Anti poverty programs have been taking center stage as the 2020 Democratic primary heats up. Proposals from Kamala Harris and Corey Booker target high housing costs for renters and make for an in...
Five years ago everything in California felt like a giant (land use policy) dumpster fire. Fast forward to today we live in a completely different world. Yimby activists have pushed policy, swaye...
https://marketurbanism.com/2019/02/19/yimbyism-the-evolution-of-an-idea/