Parsing A Rare Lucas Takings Victory in Houston
Last August, a Houston apartment building owner scored a rare victory under the Lucas categorical takings doctrine. Will its influence grow and affect managed retreat efforts?
Euclid Land
A conversation about land use reform with law professor, urban planner, and author Stephen R. Miller
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Massachusetts Bets Big on Housing Variances
The state scrapped its century old variance standard in favor of an ambiguous multi-factor test and gave residential use variances the nod. Will the result be more housing?
Upcoming SCOTUS case pits administrative finality against freedom of religion
Grand v. City of Univ. Heights, Ohio tees up an age-old debate about whether the land use permitting process is a barrier to litigating First Amendment claims, and maybe any constitutional claim.
The American Legacy of Spanish Colonial Planning
The Law of the Indies is part of American urban planning history, too.
The Court Throws Sheetz II to the Wind
And with it, any hope of understanding what a legislative exaction is.
Williamsburg and the Baroque Colonial City
Grand boulevards of baroque inspiration meet the mixed-use structures of ordinary life.
Should We Use Interstate Compacts to Build Sports Stadiums?
The Chicago Bears are chasing tax breaks in Indiana, and Missouri's Kansas City Chiefs are chasing tax breaks in Kansas. Are interstate compacts a way states can cooperate in these deals?
Abraham Lincoln's Pre-Zoning Neighborhood
Immigrants, widely-varying income levels, and vastly different home sizes defined the Springfield neighborhood where Lincoln lived as he rose to the presidency.
Missing Middle's Fizzles
Housing production is way up nationally...just not for "missing middle" housing like duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes
The Costs of Implementing the "Montana Miracle"
Montana made waves with its statewide preemption legislation to spur housing, but it also imposed costly unfunded deadlines and created administrative mandates that may, ironically, slow approvals
Zoning is for the Trees
How far can a zoning ordinance go to save the trees?