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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
day one project
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
day one project
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is short 3.8 million units of housing, largely due to artificial limits on housing in high-demand areas driven by outdated zoning and building codes.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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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Less Paperwork, More Projects: Streamlining applications for Federal funding in housing development

U.S. housing and planning officials have identified a series of roadblocks that slow down or prevent their cities from being flush with affordable units. In particular, the paperwork is simply…

02.20.24 | 4 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
A National Housing Policy Simulator: A Plan for Modeling Policy Changes to Spur New Housing Supply

By several measures, the United States faces the greatest shortage of housing since World War II. Increasingly stringent local regulatory barriers are often to blame, but we have little way…

02.20.24 | 3 min read
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