https:\/\/reason.com\/2026\/02\/03\/housing-policy-can-be-win-win<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Creating true housing affordability for homebuyers would require an expansion of housing supply to lower overall housing prices\u2014the thing Trump said he did not want to do.<\/p>\n
The good news is that the federal government does not have too much direct influence over the number of homes that are built in the country. It’s local and state governments that decide what’s allowed to be built where.<\/p>\n
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it’d also be a mistake to completely dismiss the idea that we can lower buyers’ housing costs and raise property values at the same time. Contra the president, that can easily be accomplished by allowing more homes to be built on existing residential land.<\/p>\n
Free markets are generally win-win institutions. One should expect that free market reforms in the housing sector would produce win-wins for homeowners, buyers, and builders.<\/p>\n
When local officials “upzone” land to allow more housing to be built on it, one expects the value of that land to increase to reflect the additional development potential. If a single-family property is upzoned to allow apartment construction, the current owner will see a windfall increase in the value of their property.”<\/p>\n
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