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2017

Housing

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Does The Threat Of Gentrification Justify Restrictive Zoning?, Michael Lewyn Jan 2017

Does The Threat Of Gentrification Justify Restrictive Zoning?, Michael Lewyn

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Historically, progressives have opposed restrictive zoning, arguing that by restricting the housing supply to high-end housing, zoning reduces the supply of housing available to lower-income Americans. But recently, some progressives have suggested that new market-rate housing facilitates gentrification and displacement of lower-income renters. This article critically examines that theory.


The Obama Administration's Parting Shot, Michael Lewyn Jan 2017

The Obama Administration's Parting Shot, Michael Lewyn

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Discusses the "Housing Development Toolkit", a policy paper on affordable housing issued by the White House in September 2016.