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Housing and Affordability – No Easy Solutions

MPLan
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housing affordability

urban economics

income inequality

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The article discusses the complexities of housing affordability, and the discussion centers around the role of supply constraints and income in determining housing prices.

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MPLan
6h ago
Louie, Mondragon and Wieland (2025) show that typical supply constraints such as zoning laws cannot explain the observed price differences across cities.

What does? Income.

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