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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. “This is a moment of ferment—and experimentation—in land use policy,” writes Noah M.

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes. the legislation that established them). 16] This is symbolic legislation, as there is no chance it will be passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate. [17] It is discussed below. [19]