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A Menu of Housing Reforms with Salim Furth
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Salim Furth, senior research fellow and director of the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, about the policy brief he co-authored with Emily Hamilton and Charles Gardner, "Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options for 2027." They discuss why home prices have risen faster than inflation, how states like Missouri may be able to lower costs by loosening lot size and permitting rules, why HUD code manufactured homes face local barriers, how single-stair apartment buildings and lower-cost elevators could make small-lot infill more…
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