We Don’t Need Rent Control: We Already Have the MFTE Program, Rent Restrictions
Exactly a four years ago yesterday, I wrote a post at Publicola about why we don’t need rent control. The post was built on the idea that we already have thousands of rent restricted units, that is, units of housing that have rents that can’t go up because they are restricted to rents by covenant, […]
Gotta get down to it: Ohio Ready to Stand Up to Eviction “Crisis”
Last Tuesday I presented to the Ohio Realtors’ Legislative Conference in Columbus, Ohio. I learned a lot about Ohio including that they still have Republicans there. The state truly is a crossroads, with big cities that lean more Democratic and lots of rural areas that lean Republican. But Democrats in Ohio are often of the […]
An American Story: Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson and the Maysville Road
Well there’s a young man in a T-shirt Listenin’ to a rock ‘n’ roll station He’s got a greasy hair, greasy smile He says: “Lord, this must be my destination” ‘Cause they told me, when I was younger Sayin’ “Boy, you’re gonna be president” But just like everything else, those old crazy dreams Just kinda […]
