Reading through these, I've realized how tough the competition really is! So many sound assessments, pointed critiques, and inventive ideas. I'll have to up my game if there's another one of these next sprint.
Brilliant curation of essays here. The NIMBY tax proposal is especially clever because it flips the typical incentive struture where cities hoard land value gains while pushing externalities onto renters. I tested something similar in a small municpal planning role a few years back and the pushback was intense, but the data was undeniable: jurisdictions that resist housing act like rent-seeking monopolies. What's missing from most of these proposals is a political roadmap for building the coalition you'd need to actually pass them tho.
Reading through these, I've realized how tough the competition really is! So many sound assessments, pointed critiques, and inventive ideas. I'll have to up my game if there's another one of these next sprint.
There will be more in the future! And yes the quality of the submissions - even the ones we couldn’t reward - was incredibly high.
Thanks for posting these!
All the download buttons work except for Kitten's article, which yields:
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Ahhh thanks for the heads up. I’ll fix it tonight.
Kitten has also posted the article themselves here!
https://open.substack.com/pub/kittenbeloved/p/its-time-to-build?r=2nnr94&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Thank you for this contest! These essays have been a joy to read!
Thank you for your great submission!
Brilliant curation of essays here. The NIMBY tax proposal is especially clever because it flips the typical incentive struture where cities hoard land value gains while pushing externalities onto renters. I tested something similar in a small municpal planning role a few years back and the pushback was intense, but the data was undeniable: jurisdictions that resist housing act like rent-seeking monopolies. What's missing from most of these proposals is a political roadmap for building the coalition you'd need to actually pass them tho.
It would be good to do an anthology review to produce a proposal framework/sales pitch.
Don’t want to be stuck with vibes and papers.