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Policy Memo
Eliminating the Chassis Requirement to Free Manufactured Homes from Local Discrimination and Regulatory Dead Weight

The coastal housing problem is highly salient in the housing discourse. However, more Americans live in rural areas than in all of California and New York combined. Even in metropolitan…

02.21.24 | 4 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Prioritize Western Water Grants that Support New Housing

Most Western states wisely require new housing developments to have an assured water supply, generally giving developers and communities three options to “create” new water for development: (1) build new…

02.21.24 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
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Construction Of New Nuclear Weapons Facility At Barksdale AFB

Satellite images show that the Navy has begun construction of a new nuclear weapons storage and handling facility at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The construction of this facility…

02.20.24 | 3 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Redirect Federal Housing Tax Expenditures from “Gated” Cities to “Opportunity” Cities

House prices have surged over the past decade, doubling while general prices have only increased by a third.  Numerous municipalities help to fuel this housing cost rise by exercising an…

02.20.24 | 4 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Exclusionary Zoning or Highway Funds, Your Pick: A Viable Mechanism for Federal Action on Zoning

The United States is short 3.8 million units of housing, largely due to artificial limits on housing in high-demand areas driven by outdated zoning and building codes. The mandated underbuilding…

02.20.24 | 3 min read
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