New CAP analysis finds that moving to immediate tax expensing of new multifamily rental housing could lead to the creation of 706,000 to 1,062,000 new homes over the next decade at a cost of up to $206 billion. ampr.gs/4bDopXa

on a per capita basis, taking the subway is approximately 40 times safer than driving in Duffy’s hometown in Wisconsin

Excellent new reporting from Rogé Karma on California's everything-bagel problem, and the difficulty of overcoming municipal resistance to density in single-family-home neighborhoods. theatlantic.com/economy/2026/0…

“Grow Philly to 2 Milly!” I spoke at Philadelphia City Council today in support of 30 Turn The Key homes meant to bring affordable homeownership to hardworking Philadelphia residents. Philadelphia City Councilmember Quetcy Lozada’s response? “If he needs my community to keep

Watching a short-form video about the effects of exposure to short-form video is a little meta...but fun!

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was a lifelong Virginian who lived in Chesapeake where I represent with Christie New Craig. He was a beloved ROTC leader at ODU in a program he was once enrolled in as a young man. He will be missed terribly by our community and our hearts are broken tonight.

Public school enrollment in Massachusetts is at a 30-year low, and half of the state’s 1,600 schools operate <80% of capacity. Yet “school capacity” remains a common argument used opposing new multifamily housing in many suburbs. In nearly every community, it’s simply a myth.

More than half of the land zoned for single-family homes in Massachusetts requires lots to be at least 40,000sf (roughly 1-acre), with nearly 25% requiring at least 80,000sf (close to 2-acres). 📚 National Zoning Atlas

City Councilmember Jeffrey Young's proposed bill would impact almost every development project in the city. Our housing and development expert explains. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/jeffrey-young-…

Just 3.8% of Massachusetts’ land has municipal water & sewer, is near transit, and allows residential uses. That small share of land is incredibly valuable, and we need to use it far more efficiently.

Andres Duany says that Seaside was only possible because there was no zoning or planning commission to stop it. The demand is there, but politicians have killed the paths to the market supplying for it. We need a Zoning Jubilee.

NEW from David Stokes: If enacted, the property tax proposals before the voters in three fast-growing counties in Missouri would make the region’s overall tax system worse, not better. news-leader.com/story/opinion/…

Central Oxford is to gain a pleasant vernacular neighbourhood on the site of a particularly grim 1980s shopping mall. I have roughly outlined the awful stuff they are demolishing, to be replaced with new streets of limestone vernacular-classical buildings.

I just have to repost this again. One of the leading economist in the entire world is specifically warning Massachusetts not to pass its version of rent control because it contains the exact same poison pill New York’s system currently has. Vacancy control. Because it 1-

In Princeton NJ, where the median home costs $1 million, residents are fighting a plan for 238 apartments on the grounds of a former seminary. Leading the resistance: historian Sean Wilentz. "We are being accused of being racist," he said. Tim Craig: wapo.st/4rBmPtC

World-class American transit would take significant investment. It would be worthwhile, and Maryland could lead the way: ggwash.org/view/102752/ce…

We're committed to both Rails & Trails on the Rockaway Beach Branch. Explore more of our Rails & Trails plan at queenslink.org/the-plan! #buildtheQueenslink

"Zoning reform alone will not save the Rust Belt or other depopulated places, but it is nevertheless imperative for encouraging nascent revitalization efforts."