11.10.2018 - By Joe Miller and Christian Turner
Episode 183: West Coast Model (guest Chris Elmendorf)
Why is housing so expensive in major West Coast and northeastern cities? Not just more than you might want to pay, but, often, prohibitively expensive with little sign of new supply in areas people want to live. Chris Elmendorf joins us to explain this problem and the limited effectiveness of two types of solutions, the Northeastern and West Coast models. Drawing on the intergovernmental approach of the Voting Rights Act, Chris argues that a strong state role in reviewing the regulatory activities of local governments, if done in the right way, could be the way forward. And it points to a dramatic rethinking of how land use law should be made and what problems it should try to solve.
This show’s links:
Chris Elmendorf's faculty profile and writing
Christopher Elmendorf, Beyond the Double Veto: Land Use Plans As Preemptive Intergovernmental Contracts
William Fischel, The Homevoter Hypothesis
Roderick Hills, Jr. and David Schleicher, Planning an Affordable City
Robert Ellickson, Suburban Growth Controls: An Economic and Legal Analysis
About Senate Bill 827
Text of Senate Bill 828
Special Guest: Chris Elmendorf.