Dutch to Ease, After Tightening, Building Rules
The government is trying to solve a problem it created.
Housing
Rent Control Keeps Failing. Countries Keep Trying
What do you call doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results?
Why the Netherlands Isn’t Building
Homeowners are resistant and politicians are too demanding.
Dutch Government Created Housing Shortage, Blames Market
Far from trusting the market, politicians won’t leave housing alone.
Biden’s Housing Policies Are Steps in the Right Direction
Encouraging local zoning reform. Ending discrimination against prefabricated homes.
Expropriation Unlikely in Berlin, But So Is Cheaper Housing
The federal government ought to deregulate rents nationally.
Spain Tries to Solve Yesterday’s Housing Crisis
Prices are already down due to the pandemic.
German Left Has Wrong Ideas for Housing Market
Don’t add regulation to solve problems created by regulation in the first place.
Swedish Housing Crisis Has Similarities with Netherlands
Both countries struggle to find the right balance between public and private.
Be Careful About Bringing Back Big Government
More government is not the solution to every problem.
Statism Makes a Comeback in the United Kingdom
The dual shock of coronavirus and Brexit is giving statism a new lease on life.
Biden’s Housing Plan Emulates Europe
In a good way.
The American Dream Could Use Some European Inspiration
European countries went through — and solved — some of the problems America has.
Berlin Shows How Not to Do Housing Policy
Freezing rents is a stopgap measures that ignores why rents are rising in the first place.
Cracks in California’s Progressive Model
California Democrats have a blind spot when it comes to the state’s housing crisis.