Published: 2017 | Michael Manville | City & Community Abstract This article suggests that “ballot box growth revolts”—instances where citizens use direct democracy to curb development—may be caused by local governments’ use of discretionary development approvals. We further suggest that…
Planning an Affordable City
Published: 2015 | Roderick M. Hills, Jr. David Schleicher | Yale Law & Economics Review Abstract In many of the biggest and richest cities in America, there is a housing affordability crisis. Housing prices in these cities have appreciated well…
Urban Land Use Regulation: Are Homevoters Overtaking the Growth Machine?
Published: 2014 | Vicki Been, Josiah Madar, Simon McDonnell | Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Abstract The leading theory about urban land use regulation argues that city zoning officials are full partners in the business and real estate elite’s “growth…