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The Zoning Straitjacket: The Freezing Of American Neighborhoods Of Single-Family Houses, Robert Ellickson Jan 2021

The Zoning Straitjacket: The Freezing Of American Neighborhoods Of Single-Family Houses, Robert Ellickson

Indiana Law Journal

Municipal zoning practices profoundly shape urban life in the United States. In regions such as Silicon Valley, regulatory barriers to residential construction have helped raise house prices to roughly ten times the national median. These astronomic prices have prompted some households to move to places, such as Texas, where housing is far cheaper. I have been engaged in an empirical study of zoning practices in Silicon Valley, Greater New Haven, and Greater Austin. This Article presents one of my central findings, induced from those metropolitan areas and elsewhere: local zoning politics typically freezes land uses in an established neighborhood of …


Book Review. The Zoning Dilemma By D. R. Mandelker, A. Dan Tarlock Jan 1972

Book Review. The Zoning Dilemma By D. R. Mandelker, A. Dan Tarlock

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Industrial Development Bonds And Economic Policy, Robert L. Birmingham Jan 1968

Industrial Development Bonds And Economic Policy, Robert L. Birmingham

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Book Review. The Zoning Game By R. F. Babcock, A. Dan Tarlock Jan 1967

Book Review. The Zoning Game By R. F. Babcock, A. Dan Tarlock

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Local-State Relations In Indiana: Proposed Charter Making Powers For Municipalities Jan 1955

Local-State Relations In Indiana: Proposed Charter Making Powers For Municipalities

Indiana Law Journal

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