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"Exclusionary zoning is not just morally wrong; it is economically counterproductive and increasingly constitutionally suspect." My Institute for Justice colleague @AriBfla has a LTE in the The New York Times about how exclusionary zoning makes our housing crisis worse. nytimes.com/2024/03/07/opi…

Institute for Justice's Ari Bargil and Paul Avelar talk about bills that could discourage exclusionary zoning in Arizona.

Big Dairy hates competition. But small-farm owners are fighting back against the latest protectionist scheme in Oregon. National Review Ari Bargil Institute for Justice nationalreview.com/2024/03/oregon…

Man who kept his boat besides his house was ordered from the city to put up a fence to hide the boat from view. So he built the fence and hired someone to paint it.

This is one of the most egregious forms of zoning abuse we've ever seen. 🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=Q_DyEL…

IJ is taking on #zoning. M. Nolan Gray 🥑 Charlie Gardner Geoff Graham

It's like reverse zoning. You wait until people build, and then tell them if it's legal or not. Institute for Justice Carolina Journal Ari Bargil carolinajournal.com/opinion/nc-mou…

Our Latest Podcast: Zoning Justice With Ari Bargil & Joseph Gay! ij.org/podcasts/short…

It might look like regular asphalt to you. But activists trying to stop a California food bank call it a "historic parking lot." O.C. Register Ari Bargil Institute for Justice ocregister.com/2024/10/01/foe…

Works in Progress The stories and the data show that *most extremely poor people avoid homelessness by sharing housing with others*, most often their own parents. But in high-cost cities, people with some means are less likely to be able to offer free housing to their loved ones:

3 years ago today, Institute for Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mechanic in Pasadena, Texas, challenging the city's parking minimum law. His story shows how local zoning laws and bureaucrats can turn someone's American Dream into a nightmare.🧵

“Restrictive zoning is hard to escape. It follows people from cradle to grave — starting with day care and ending with burial. The ultimate losers are consumers, who get stuck with less choice” - well said by my ⁦Institute for Justice⁩ colleague ⁦Katrin Marquez⁩ bridgemi.com/guest-commenta…

Often, the things government destroys are things that never existed: buildings never built, businesses never opened, ideas never pursued. But here’s a visible cost: a treehouse literally destroyed by regulation.

After letter from Institute for Justice Senior Attorney ⁦Ari Bargil⁩, Broward County finally realizes that Leann Barber should be allowed to keep operating her charitable vegetable garden for low-income kids after all. ij.org/press-release/…

If it’s legal to sell a product, it’s also legal to talk about that product. But not in the Fifth Circuit. That’s why Institute for Justice’s just-filed cert petition in Cocroft v. Graham asks #SCOTUS to clarify the commercial speech doctrine, which can silence entrepreneurs like Clarence.

Some towns rip citizens off by imposing petty fines. Dunedin, FL collected $3.6 million in fines in 6 years. They charged one man $35,000…for not mowing his grass. Institute for Justice lawyer Ari Bargil says: “Code enforcement is a major cash cow.” An update to my story from 6 years ago:

On3 Andy Staples Ari Wasserman My god Ari’s hair looks immaculate

My guest on Yeoman #21 is Ari Bargil of Institute for Justice. We discuss the legal history of zoning, the cultural and political backdrop for the controversial 1926 Euclid decision, recent litigation successes, and zoning's constitutional vulnerabilities. Vince Graham joined as co-host.

A new Zoning Justice Project case, in 4 steps: 1) America has a #housingcrisis. 2) Property owner tries to build new housing (ie, backyard cottage). 3) Gov't blocks housing b/c it doesn't like *who* may live there. 4) Property owner gets w/Institute for Justice (Matt Liles/Ari Bargil) & sues.

Short Circuit is coming to YIMBYtown 2025! A live podcast recording w/ David Schleicher Andrew Fine & Ari Bargil & Anthony Sanders, in New Haven, CT on Sept 15. We'll highlight recent housing cases & where the courts are on allowing people to build housing. Link to sign up to YT below!