The Super Bowl festivities in San Francisco challenged conservative narratives about the city, as sports broadcasters who had previously criticized it reported positive experiences, while the city continues to struggle with economic recovery from COVID-19.
A new study from the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality has found that new housing stock in six high-growth metropolitan areas primarily served moderate- and higher-income households, while lower-income households experienced higher rent growth than higher-income households.
Ned Resnikoff argues that the housing affordability debate has shifted to a contradictory phase in which critics of new housing construction rely on abstract theory while dismissing empirical evidence showing that expanded housing supply improves affordability.