There are always, as Luca also pointed out, more lurking variables. If you wanted to write more about it I would highly suggest you submit something to our essay contest. Top prize is $2,500 and submissions close 10.31.
Is there an easy way to analyze Dillon Rule vs Home rule states? I have read that part of the dynamic in metros in NC and Texas is that the Republican state legislatures have passed laws banning things like inclusionary zoning and local income taxes, leading to a dynamic where about the only choice local progressive politicians have to say they are dealing with affordability is to expand supply, as they cannot raise taxes to build subsidized housing and cannot use inclusionary zoning as a defacto tax on new housing used to build subsidized housing. My suspicion is that states where cities and counties have rights that cannot be preempted by the legislature without changes to the state constitution have more burdensome land use and building regulations.
I feel like there might be lurking variables such as population density.
Very possibly.
If you restack the article for the algorithm I’ll be more than happy to generate a graph of population density vs land use rules for you tomorrow!
Interesting breakdown. Makes me wonder how much of this is regulation itself vs. density, demand, and geography doing the heavy lifting
There are always, as Luca also pointed out, more lurking variables. If you wanted to write more about it I would highly suggest you submit something to our essay contest. Top prize is $2,500 and submissions close 10.31.
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Is there an easy way to analyze Dillon Rule vs Home rule states? I have read that part of the dynamic in metros in NC and Texas is that the Republican state legislatures have passed laws banning things like inclusionary zoning and local income taxes, leading to a dynamic where about the only choice local progressive politicians have to say they are dealing with affordability is to expand supply, as they cannot raise taxes to build subsidized housing and cannot use inclusionary zoning as a defacto tax on new housing used to build subsidized housing. My suspicion is that states where cities and counties have rights that cannot be preempted by the legislature without changes to the state constitution have more burdensome land use and building regulations.
Not even considering density seems like a deliberate attempt
to eschew your results.