Micros Are More Affordable With Many Benefits to Low Income Renters
Ari Webb has been digging into the research literature about unit size and costs. This is a second entry in his review and analysis of what we’ve learned over the last decade about affordability, efficiency, and unit size. A recent trend has emerged in the American housing market: the trend towards micro apartment units. There is […]
An Answer to Stabilizing Rental Markets: Unit Size
Imagine a young adult, fresh out of college and entering into the housing market for the first time. She needs to live close to transit for an internship opportunity downtown, but she is cash strapped. She cannot afford the market rate $1,500 for a studio apartment. She is willing to sacrifice square footage for better […]
Reflections on the Revolution in Ballard 2018: Tearing Down the Regulatory Dam
I’ve written before about why I have an appreciation for Edmund Burke, 18th century Anglo-Irish political thinker and philosopher. His Reflections on the Revolution in France is probably the most important contemporary criticism of the French Revolution and an articulation of the role of tradition, government, and rule of law in establishing and preserving a free society. […]
