Katherine Levine Einstein on Neighborhood Defenders

EconTalk

• Episode: Katherine Levine Einstein on Neighborhood Defenders
• Website: EconTalk
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• Duration: 01:02:45
• Published: 2020-12-14 07:30

Why is affordable housing in such short supply? Author and political scientist Katherine Levine Einstein of Boston University talks about her book Neighborhood Defenders with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Einstein focuses on the ability of local residents to use the zoning and permit process to prevent development of housing or to reduce the amount of housing that can be built.