Business Brief: What’s Missing From Housing Affordability

Business Brief: What’s missing from housing affordability

In today’s edition: The housing market and the price of defence

Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis?

The government wants to cut red tape to improve housing supply. But homes will only become more affordable if other changes are also adopted, including tax reform.

How to boost housing affordability in Sarasota, Florida

As the Sarasota City Commission once again considers how to address the city’s affordable housing crisis by once again focusing on timid measures that subsidize a handful of units that are barely noticeable compared to rising demand, it’s time for some new thinking. The good news is that this is a problem many cities around the country have had great success with a few simple policies.  Sarasota’s fundamental problem is that the city simply will…