Category Housing and Homelessness

California Governor Jerry Brown’s Born-Once more Statism

California Governor Jerry Brown’s Born-Once more Statism June 6 marked 40 years since California voters handed the Folks’s Initiative to Restrict Property Taxation, extra generally generally known as Proposition 13. It was the final anniversary for the measure whereas Jerry…

Cease Subsidizing Constructing in Flood—and Even Lava Move—Zones

Cease Subsidizing Constructing in Flood—and Even Lava Move—Zones It has been greater than per week since Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina, and flood waters are persevering with to wreak havoc throughout the Carolinas and Virginia. Whereas a lot…

Austrians vs. Market Monetarists on the Housing Bubble

Austrians vs. Market Monetarists on the Housing Bubble We Austrian economists often cross swords with our Keynesian foes on all method of financial evaluation and authorities coverage suggestions. But the usual Austrian evaluation of the enterprise cycle can also be…

CA Prop. 10 Hire Management Measure Will Result in Lesser, Extra Expensive Housing

CA Prop. 10 Hire Management Measure Will Result in Lesser, Extra Expensive Housing A poll measure put earlier than voters within the November 6 election to permit native governments to increase hire management would possibly sound good to some, however…

Trump and Newsom Assume Alike on Lethal Wildfires

Trump and Newsom Assume Alike on Lethal Wildfires On June 12 the Trump administration proposed easing environmental rules for forest-thinning on federal land to hurry up wildfire prevention. Earlier than accusing President Trump of clearcutting California, it’s essential to notice…

Why is the ‘Value of Dwelling’ in Cities So Excessive?

Why is the ‘Value of Dwelling’ in Cities So Excessive? John Cochrane has an entertaining and informative weblog known as “The Grumpy Economist,” providing insights centered within the Chicago College strategy that nonetheless will resonate with the Austrian reader. Nonetheless,…

How California Housing Reforms Would Increase Staff Nationwide

How California Housing Reforms Would Increase Staff Nationwide California house costs are 250 p.c above the nationwide common, whereas month-to-month rents are about 50 p.c increased. The median value of a home within the Golden State exceeds $600,000. This isn’t…

We Obtained Housing Constructed after the 1906 Quake. We Can Do It Once more. Right here’s How.

We Obtained Housing Constructed after the 1906 Quake. We Can Do It Once more. Right here’s How. Regardless of a lot hand-wringing by California politicians over the housing disaster, residential constructing permits statewide had been decrease in 2019 than in…

California Legislators Violate Our Constitutional Rights

California Legislators Violate Our Constitutional Rights Our constitutional rights are being violated—at all times within the identify of a social good, after all. I’ll deal with 4 California issues, one among them nonetheless into consideration: 1) Gov. Gavin Newsom as…