Yonah Freemark
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https://www.urban.org/author/yonah-freemark 02-06-2009 15:11:20
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.Brightline West is set to break ground on its 218-mile Las Vegas-Southern California high-speed rail line on Monday reviewjournal.com/local/local-la…
New factsheet out. We've underappreciated gov't as an employer in econ. dev. Nearly 1/3 (31%) of jobs 'publicly driven' in avg. big city. We find a large publicly driven sector can be helpful--but also not necessary or sufficient for growth. Brady Meixell urban.org/research/publi…
This semester I've been teaching 'Economic Inequality and Growth' at UC Berkeley. This is a thread with some of my favorite graphs.
First, the headline everyone's-seen-it graph: falling then rising income inequality in Anglophone countries.
“To truly tackle housing affordability issues in the US, policymakers from multiple levels of government should collaborate to link zoning reforms with increased housing subsidies for the lowest-income households.” 🏗️🏢 Yonah Freemark Urban Institute
urban.org/urban-wire/no-…
“American communities added nearly nine times as many housing units far away from transit stations from 2000 to 2019 as they did near those stations.” Yonah Freemark 🚉🏢 Dan Vock Route Fifty
route-fifty.com/infrastructure…
Is there a housing supply shortage in the US?
In a new article in Housing Policy Debate, I investigate this question, arguing that:
—Increasing housing supply is a core path to improved housing conditions
—More supply is associated with less housing cost growth
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
“The U.S. has faced decades of increasing housing costs and declining construction. Additional supply is necessary to combat inadequate availability. Increasing supply is positively associated with lower housing cost growth.” 🏗️🏢 Yonah Freemark Housing Policy Debate
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…