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Restrictive zoning inflates housing costs
John Hood argues that rigid zoning and housing codes raise prices and constrain supply. He cites studies by Glaeser, Gyourko, and Hamilton showing exclusionary land-use rules burden low income renters, and urges broader coalitions including employers to back zoning reform for better land use and economic efficiency.
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John Hood
North Carolina
Raleigh
Durham
Edward Glaeser
Harvard University
Joseph Gyourko
University of Pennsylvania
Emily Hamilton
George Mason University
Mercatus Center
Coalition For Reform
Cato Institute
Vanessa Brown Calder
National Bureau of Economic Research