Can we boost density by restricting lower-density housing?
Is this "zoning, but good", or just more bad zoning?| Pencilling Out
Is this "zoning, but good", or just more bad zoning?| Pencilling Out
How collective action problems and inequality keep us constrained| Pencilling Out
Housing affordability, when housing is already... pretty affordable| Pencilling Out
An under-recognized fact that matters for cities' housing supply| Pencilling Out
Chicago's zoning and land use system isn't great... but that's not new| Pencilling Out
A few weeks ago, I had an article published in Racket, the Twin Cities’ digital alt-weekly of sorts, comparing Chicago’s very famous Bean sculpture to Saint Paul’s brand new (and not-so-famous) Loon sculpture.| Pencilling Out
Observing the many suburbs, and select city neighborhoods, that are expensive and exclusionary| Pencilling Out
What if we built so much housing that no one wanted to build anymore?| Pencilling Out
What we can learn from Chicago's hottest neighborhood for families| Pencilling Out
Data on deconversions and household changes — and what they can teach us about gentrification| Pencilling Out
Sharing a new op-ed with some bonus reflections| Pencilling Out
Part 2: Mild successes for Minneapolis that highlight IZ's inherent limitations.| Pencilling Out
Part 1: Requiring affordable housing in new development has to cost someone. Policy choices decide who.| Pencilling Out
Notes on housing policy and urban economics. Twin Cities and Chicago-focused. Click to read Pencilling Out, by Zak Yudhishthu, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.| pencillingout.substack.com
Distinguishing between two different housing market dynamics| pencillingout.substack.com
