Urban Issues

Affordable Housing for $1.3 Million Per Unit

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The Washington Post has discovered that there are “inefficiencies” in the nation’s affordable housing programs, including its largest one, low-income housing tax credits.  read more »

What's the Matter with Los Angeles?

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Los Angeles is reeling once again from urban disturbances, as it did in 1965, 1992 and 2020. After each outbreak the city is widely seen as a hopeless disaster  read more »

The Fundamental Falsehood Guiding Modern Liberal Politics

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One of the more curious, not to mention consequential, aspects of modern liberalism is its reliance on assumptions that collapse under even rudimentary scrutiny. For example, the liberal “YIMBY” movement  read more »

Los Angeles Has Fallen

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Los Angeles is burning again, and it is not the Olympic flame. After riots in 1965, 1992 and 2020, Angelenos are bearing witness once more to a rash of violent unrest.  read more »

Cities and Economic Pivots

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Here’s something I think about a lot. I believe in that Shakespearean phrase “what’s past is prologue”, meaning that past events serve as a good indicator of what the future may hold.  read more »

Class Warfare LA Style

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The most recent Los Angeles riots reflect, among other things, the response of immigrant activists to President Trump’s crackdown, and the latest resurgence of organized left-wing activism, which had been relatively quiet in the early months of the new administration. A less widely remarked factor, however, is the emerging and complex nature of class in contemporary America.  read more »

LA Riots Reflect Failure of Progressive Leadership

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Los Angeles has a long, combustible history — and it’s flaring up again. The current unrest, driven in part by political grievances  read more »

Portland Has the “Worst Housing Crisis Outlook”

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Portland, Oregon is suffering from the “worst housing crisis outlook” in the country  read more »

Building the Future: Fixing the Global Housing Crisis

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This is the second of a two-part series on the global housing crisis. Read the first part here.

The affordable housing crisis in America and many other advanced countries keeps getting worse because it is largely dominated by the wrong voices talking about the wrong places.  read more »

A Look at Satellite Cities

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Have you ever given much thought to satellite cities? Cities located close to major metropolitan areas that aren’t the primary city, yet have a strong identity and history of their own?  read more »