Issues

Whether cities and states should permit accessory dwelling units — backyard cottages, garage conversions, and basement apartments — by-right on existing single-family lots, as a modest path to add housing without changing neighborhood scale.

How cities, states, and the federal government should address homelessness — Housing First vs. treatment-first, encampment policy, and the response to Grants Pass v. Johnson (2024).

Whether new market-rate housing developments should be required (or incentivized) to set aside a share of units as below-market affordable housing, and how to design such requirements without suppressing overall supply.

Whether the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit — the largest federal subsidy for affordable-rental housing — is a cost-effective tool worth expanding, or a complex and inefficient mechanism that should be reformed or replaced with direct rental assistance.

The federal income-tax deduction for home-mortgage interest, costing roughly $25-50B/year and disproportionately benefiting higher-income homeowners.

The conflict between residents who resist new development near their homes (NIMBY — "not in my backyard") and a growing pro-housing movement that argues abundant new supply is the only durable answer to housing affordability (YIMBY — "yes in my backyard").

How federal subsidized-housing programs — public housing, Section 8 vouchers, LIHTC — should be funded and structured to serve low-income renters.

Government caps on annual rent increases, debated as a tool against displacement and for tenant stability vs. a supply-distorting price ceiling.

Whether cities and states should end exclusive single-family zoning — allowing duplexes, triplexes, or small multifamily buildings on parcels currently restricted to detached single-family homes.

Whether to relax restrictive single-family-only zoning, parking minimums, and height limits to allow more housing — the "YIMBY" movement vs. neighborhood-preservation defenders.