Reddit reviews Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation
We found 4 Reddit comments about Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
We found 4 Reddit comments about Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I am kind of agnostic on land value tax vs. land + building tax at the moment. William Fischel lists several downsides of land value taxes in Zoning Rules!:
Adam Ozimek also listed Some Advantages Of Property Taxes Over Land Value Taxes:
So I would be fine with a land value tax, or a split roll that taxed buildings less than land, or a property tax that exempted new buildings for a number of years.
But the reason that I mentioned all those other alternatives to property and land value taxes is that local voters could actually impose them, whereas Proposition 13 prohibits any state or local government from reassessing property or raising a land tax.
For transportation, look for the work of:
For land use look at works by:
I have also just recently come across the blog of Minneapolis planning commissioner Nick Magrino, but his head seems to be in the right place.
Be wary of any bullshit about the future being in autonomous vehicles.
> So what is the solution, then? If you can't improve neighborhoods because of possible gentrification, do you just stop investing in decent working class neighborhoods until they become ghettos?
Increasing the supply of housing throughout the city and moreover removing the parts of the zoning code that strangle housing supply.
Seriously, no one gave a shit or heard of "gentrification" till the '80s when zoning changes made building taller buildings really really fucking hard. That's a subsidy to existing landlords (and generally property owners). NYC is a city of renters and ought to be able to do better through voting.
This one is pretty good Zoning Rules! by William A. Fischel.
It touches on the economics of planning and explains a lot of the real issues that you deal with in the field... like why NIMBYism everywhere.