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The perils of federal abundance legislation

Political polarization at the federal level is a steep obstacle to any major abundance reforms

I recently wrote an assessment of the ROAD Act, a bill in the US Senate that would do some (mild) changes to NEPA and develop some guidelines and incentives for state and local governments to amend their zoning to facilitate more housing production. While the ROAD Act may be fine policy, one question is whether …

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