CDC Eviction Ban: Making Stuff Up
I have a new post at Forbes about the latest unhelpful intervention in housing by government, a ban on evictions being imposed by the Centers for Disease Control. It is wrong headed, probably vulnerable to legal challenge, and does nothing to help people struggling to pay rent during the Covid-19 economic downturn. From the post: […]
Series at Forbes: The Essentials of Housing Economics
I put together a long series at Forbes about what I am calling “housing economics.” Maybe it is more accurate to call it a series about simple supply and demand. How long should something like that take. It is pretty simple. It’s been years now that my interest in cities and how they benefit people […]
Forbes Series: Challenging the Eviction Epidemic Story
Earlier this morning I added the second in a series of posts about how we can change the housing debate. This latest post is about eviction. Here’s a sample As I said in the introduction of this series, the housing issue is being blamed for problems it didn’t create and offered as a solution for […]
