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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Lol. "Zoning reform won't work to address the housing crisis. Instead, let's pretend it's 1946." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...

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Opinion | How to Fix the Housing Crisis: Look to WWII

World War II proves the government can intervene directly to fix the housing crisis.

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

There's plenty the feds/states can and should do to spur investment in housing, from tax to Fannie and Freddie, but a huge spending program, given fiscal challenges, isn't happening and would still need to overcome the central challenge of zoning reform, neighborhood opposition

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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This last point is the most important -- there's no getting around the conflicts between neighborhood control/skepticism about change and addressing the housing conflict. It's equally a (or an even greater) challenge for publicly supported housing as it is for the private market

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