Reason Magazine
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Harvard economist Edward Glaeser offers a proposal for how the feds can do better in housing policy.
He says the federal government could potentially help break down barriers to housing development.
The goal should be to nudge state legislatures to reduce the ability of communities to zone out change, he says.
Federal transportation, economic development, and education grants don't impact state budgets nearly as much as the Affordable Care Act .
Congress would need to be careful to stay on the right side of this admittedly nebulous line.
Conditional spending restrictions are a permissible tool when Congress is enforcing the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights .
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