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This is a fascinating new paper (and thread) on the way that a federal planning program in the 1970s ended up encouraging many cities to permit less housing in decades the followed ⬇️
Why are many U.S. cities building less? Why have they insisted on a "thicket" of regulations that make housing hard to build?
In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth
In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is a fascinating new paper (and thread) on the way that a federal planning program in the 1970s ended up encouraging many cities to permit less housing in decades the followed ⬇️
“Disasters are actually going to be the turning point” for the wider adoption of factory-built housing, said Vikas Enti, chief executive of Reframe Systems. “That’s what we’re betting on.”
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
The Rush to Take Modular Homes Mainstream in Disaster-Ravaged Areas
Alternative construction methods are winning new business by offering faster and less costly ways to rebuild.
www.wsj.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Disasters are actually going to be the turning point” for the wider adoption of factory-built housing, said Vikas Enti, chief executive of Reframe Systems. “That’s what we’re betting on.”
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...