We can have one without the other
Mamdani won with the support of the tenant class. But should he control their rent? Or redistribute it? NY State Assemblyman and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani has been declared the winner in the 2025 New York City Mayoral election, defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa and Independent… Read More »Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Champion of the Landless
Henry George may have lived in the 19th century, but his ideas still resonate today. On October 24th, the Progress and Poverty Institute and the Henry George Foundation of Canada co-hosted an event – “Henry George in the 21st Century” – that brought together both organization’s… Read More »Henry George in the 21st Century
Housing is a bundled good, comprising both improvements and land. The improvements correspond to the built environment on which human activities are performed, while the land is valued only according to its location characteristics, in the form of residual location-based land rent. The taxation of… Read More »Proposition 13 and the Implicit Subsidy to Housing Prices in Los Angeles County
A couple weeks back, I attended the YIMBYTown conference, where nearly a thousand advocates, policymakers, researchers, and others convened to discuss pro-housing and pro-transit reforms. One panel I attended summarized the state of the movement: We’re Winning the Housing Fight but Losing the Transportation Fight.… Read More »A Georgist’s reflections on YIMBYtown
There is never a dull moment in South Korean politics. Six months ago, the conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol accused members of the National Assembly of being “despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces,” declared martial law, and deployed the military to block representatives’ access to the Assembly… Read More »Did South Korea just elect a Georgist President?
Corporate ownership of housing, particularly 1-to-4 unit properties, has been on the rise in the US over the past decade. This trend encompasses ownership by parties ranging from individual investors using a limited liability corporation (LLC) to major institutional investors. Corporate acquisition of housing picked… Read More »Corporate Ownership of Small Residential Properties
In recent years, cities around the U.S. have been grappling with a crisis in housing supply and affordability due a multitude of challenges, including rising costs and barriers to developing more housing. Innovative solutions and models of taxation such as land value taxes and collective… Read More »An Explainer and Case Study on Municipal Land Trusts featuring the Upper Harbor Redevelopment in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Introduction Throughout the United States, the dearth of affordable housing is a persistent issue that has proven largely resistant to traditional interventions. This blog post delineates a comprehensive strategy to ameliorate this crisis, and that recognizes the fundamental importance of land in guaranteeing all people’s… Read More »Part II: Bringing Bogotá’s Affordable Housing Experience to Bear in the U.S.
Faced with a critical need to provide more affordable housing for the City’s residents, in November 1990, Bogotá, Colombia’s National Savings Fund (FNA) got creative, setting in motion an ambitious plan to construct over 7,000 affordable housing units. The goals of the initiative were not… Read More »Part I: A Strategic Approach to Affordable Housing in Bogotá, Colombia
Why solutions to homelessness should be funded by a tax on local land values. This is the first piece in an ongoing series in which we explain how local housing costs cause homelessness, why solutions to homelessness should be funded from a land value tax,… Read More »“In a good economy, homelessness goes up”: The Paradox of Progress and Poverty
