
America Can’t Build Homes Anymore
Cities stopped building not by accident but by design. Our housing system is constructed on scarcity, speculation, and private veto power.
Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, the New Republic, and the Washington Post.

Cities stopped building not by accident but by design. Our housing system is constructed on scarcity, speculation, and private veto power.

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