Many studies have shown that single-family zoning makes housing more expensive for everyone. Here’s one example, which found that relaxing density restrictions “is the most fruitful policy reform for increasing the housing supply and reducing multifamily rents and single-family-house prices.” (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4241563) While we can pull examples of specific homes that have been replaced by more […]
