Housing Costs Vs. Regulation

California's disasterous style of providing housing seems to be: "Just say no."

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April 28, 2003, 2:00 PM PDT

"Common sense and the basic economic law of supply and demand would lead to the conclusion that anti-growth sentiment and regulation in California is a significant factor in the state's high housing prices. Yet advocates of political control over growth, whether so-called "smart growth" or old-fashioned slow-growth, go to great lengths to deny that land use regulation has a significant effect on housing supply or affordability."

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism

FULL STORY: Red and Blue: Housing Costs vs. Regulation

Sunday, April 27, 2003 in The Claremont Institute

Housing California

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