
Early Engagement on St. Paul’s 1-4 Unit Housing Study Looks Pretty Good
St. Paul staff ran a first round of public engagement about ending single-family zoning. The results are promising.
St. Paul staff ran a first round of public engagement about ending single-family zoning. The results are promising.
Here’s one reason we have a housing shortage: New development creates diffuse benefits, but has concentrated costs. Local control over land use ensures we’ll undercount the benefits.
Market-rate housing has benefits, but they aren’t distributed evenly. That creates both an economic and political problems for new development.