Al Sharpton is pushing for the removal of the anti-build-to-rent provision in the Senate housing bill, citing the 128-group YIMBY coalition letter

The original housing packages in the Senate and House were substantive answers to the housing crisis. As Congress writes a final version, it must take the best bills from both chambers—not just settle for the overlap. See our joint Niskanen Center and Institute for Progress explainer for more:

Now that Trump has soured on the anti-build-to-rent portion of the housing package, Congress has a chance to make it as ambitious as possible — not to accept the lowest common denominator. @rohanaras.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, @willpoffwebster.bsky.social and I argue that more is more:

Oops, we eliminated due process for federal building code requirements outside the HUD code www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1...

Trump is reportedly opposed to the anti-build-to-rent portion of the 21st Century ROAD housing package:

People should really stop comparing the 4-year, 1933–1937 *build* time of the Golden Gate Bridge to the decades long *study-to-completion* timelines of modern projects. The Golden Gate Bridge took 19 years (1918–1937) by that metric!

Is the ROAD to Housing Act an anti-housing bill? More than it was in February, at least. @willpoffwebster.bsky.social and I explain the anti-institutional-investor provision, its many loopholes and unintended consequences, and how to fix it: ifp.org/road-section...

10/ Our writeup includes amendment language that would fix these problems. There are real issues with large landlords (just like there are with small landlords), but Section 901 doesn't address any of them. ifp.org/road-section...

1/ The Senate created the biggest pro-housing bill in years. Why did they add a provision at the last minute that discourages 100K-130K homes per year (7-10% of all US housing supply)?

The optimal Land Value Tax implies the existence of a minimally optimal Building Value Tax. I wrote about how a tax revolt led a Hawaiian island to invert its LVT — and how states considering their own LVTs can avoid similar backlash. www.niskanencenter.org/aloha-to-lan...

I hate this shit so much. My family rents, and we are also people! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

Land value tax fixes this

In 2025, Jürgen Habermas—perhaps Europe’s most well-known living philosopher—spoke with Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins about faith, reason, and the public sphere. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

100+ pro-housing groups across 30+ states have signed a letter celebrating the pro-supply measures in the ROAD package, but calling for a fix to the anti-BTR provisions:

Excellent speech from @schatz.bsky.social Schatz on the importance of fixing anti-build-to-rent provision in the ROAD to Housing Act (h/t @pewilliams.bsky.social) (1/3)

I talked with @birdyword.bsky.social about his excellent book "The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset." We covered the Chinese real estate bubble, Singapore's escape from the trap, and the age-old question: would a land value tax solve this?

I'm in the Sun Sentinel, making the case that DeSantis's tax cuts are insufficiently conservative. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/09/a...

Conference on Henry George and Georgism at Wharton in May: philevents.org/event/show/1...

LVT endorsement from @repbillfoster.bsky.social: "One way to encourage [housing density] is with a land value tax... We could structure the federal tax code to encourage a land value-based tax"

My colleagues @awjustus.bsky.social and @aarmlovi.bsky.social have a new article out connecting electoral design to local housing politics. They show how proportional representation in Cambridge has sidestepped the pitfalls of both district based and traditional first-past-the-post councils

Sam Altman’s promotion of Henry George’s land tax reflects a surprising revival of Georgism in Silicon Valley. Our essay of the week traces how anti-statist thinkers reappropriated George’s critique of rentier capitalism. By @reed-schwartz.bsky.social in @asteriskmag.bsky.social buff.ly/qBLC9vR

There may be only one policy proposal that @maxspeak.bsky.social and Mike Duggan (and I!) agree on -- a land value tax. Henry George for New York City open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/...

I wrote for Asterisk Magazine about the *other* outsider politician who unites Silicon Valley billionaires, Zionists, and the American Right: Henry George. asteriskmag.com/issues/10/th...

Jane Jacobs on her research process: "I picture myself as a caterpillar munching, munching, munching, munching away in a forest, digesting all kinds of leaves, and in the process being informed of what's there."