How Local Housing Regulations Smother the U.S. Economy: New York Times Op-Ed by Enrico Moretti

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If you live in a coastal city like New York, Boston or San Francisco, you know that the cost of housing has skyrocketed. This housing crisis did not happen by chance: Increasingly restrictive land-use regulations in the last half-century contributed to it.

But what appears to be several local housing crises is actually a much more alarming national crisis: Land-use restrictions are a significant drag on economic growth in the    United States. Read full article HERE.