region’s available housing stock to the distribution of its income. A primary hypothesized effect of large-lot zoning is that … that was attributable to anything other than the national housing bubble. Down-zoning is likely to affect the mix of … good chance these lot size regulations will bind. Such “down-zoning” often appears alongside the purchase of agricultural …

factors such as: (i) the provision of transport infrastructure; (ii) zoning policies that limit housing density; (iii … housing. We use a version of the Alonso-Muth-Mills model, calibrated to broadly match some of the features of a representative …) frictions on the production of housing; and (iv) population size. The empirical section of the paper shows that the model is …

Following popular discourse, we abuse economic terminology by defining the "housing shortage" in the United States as … of homes. The magnitude of the housing shortage is important to policymakers, who use it to measure the scope of the … housing supply problem and the extent to which proposed policies would solve it. However, previous studies understate the …

-family housing, while reforming past exclusionary zoning and infrastructure decisions that exacerbated inequality. Cities will have …

-family housing, while reforming past exclusionary zoning and infrastructure decisions that exacerbated inequality. Cities will have …

Housing costs across the nation and in Greater Boston are rising, and many policymakers have turned to Inclusionary … Zoning (IZ) in an attempt to dampen these effects on their lowest-income residents. Yet design and implementation of IZ …. We identify the potential for various policy levers to create affordable housing, and address the risks and limitations …

housing than the typical suburb. Controlling growth and planning for it are the domains of State and local governments. The …

sections on legal status, poverty, housing, and use of social services. …