What City Observatory did this week 1. Rent control’s impact on the San Francisco housing market.  A new study from three Stanford economists dissects the impacts of rent control in San Francisco. Using a late-in-the-game
The Week Observed, November 3, 2017 Read Post »
What the ranch house teaches us about house prices and filtering. Back in the heyday of the post-war housing boom, back when the baby boomers were babies, America was building ranch houses–millions of them. In
Back at the ranch Read Post »
A new study of San Francisco’s rent control shows it raises rents for some Rent control is a perennially contentious issue. Many housing activists see it as a logical and direct way to make housing
Winners and losers from rent control Read Post »
There are a lot of details to be worked out to integrate autonomous vehicles into cities. Federal preemption could foreclose the opportunity of states and cities to help figure out the best ways forward. It’s
Autonomous Vehicles: Does federal preemption shut down the laboratories of democracy? Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Signs of the times. For most of the past few years, Portland–like other flourishing metro economies–has seen significant increases in apartment rents, as demand for urban living has
The Week Observed, October 27, 2017 Read Post »
“For Rent” signs are popping up all over Portland, signaling an easing of the housing crunch and foretelling falling rents A year ago, in the height of the political season in deep blue Portland (in
Signs of the times Read Post »
