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Vanessa Brown Calder is director of opportunity and family policy studies at the Cato Institute, where she focuses on policies that support family and increase opportunity.
Director of Opportunity and Family Policy Studies · Experience: United States Congress Joint Economic Committee · Education: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government ·...
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May 30, 2017 · Vanessa Brown Calder says deregulatory initiatives could help women more than mandated paid leave would – by improving their bargaining power in the workforce.
Vanessa Brown Calder is the director of opportunity and family-policy studies at the Cato Institute. Read More
- Introduction
- Background
- Policy Implications
- Conclusion
- Appendix
Housing affordability has become a high-profile issue in recent years as sustained economic growth has pushed up housing prices in cities across the nation. One often-overlooked factor affecting affordability is the reduction in housing supply growth relative to housing demand growth that stems from restrictive zoning and land-use regulations. The ...
Local planning and zoning regulation directs the design and development of buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. These regulations are contained in a zoning ordinance, which typically determines the height, width, and architectural features of development under its jurisdiction. It also determines landscaping, character, and use of property.2Someti...
The relationship between regulation and home prices is important for public policy because regulation reduces housing affordability, and housing affordability is a major objective of a variety of federal, state, and local government programs. The federal government spent almost $200 billion to assist Americans in renting or buying homes in 2015.29 ...
In the absence of regulatory reform, it is problematic for local government to rely on federal programs like Section 8 housing vouchers, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and public housing to ease housing affordability issues. Reforming local regulation is both inexpensive and addresses the housing affordability problem directly. As the academic ...
Appendix A. Major Regulation Types
Zoning and land-use regulations have different but overlapping meanings. Land-use regulation is an umbrella term that includes zoning as well as subdivision regulations; building codes; and national, state, or regional rules on land development and permitting (e.g., National Environmental Policy Act or California Environmental Quality Act). Zoning is an important subset of land-use regulation and includes land-use regulation associated with a city or county zoning ordinance. This report analy...
Appendix B. State Rank
Regulation is trending up across states, and relative levels of regulation vary by state and geography. Tables B.1 and B.2 compare states’ relative level of regulation from 2000 to 2010, scaling by state population. The 2015 case and population numbers are used to conduct the federal spending analysis under Policy Implications. Many of the states scoring high (low) on zoning regulation also score high (low) on land-use regulation.38Southern states make up some of the least-restrictively regul...
Vanessa Brown Calder is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, where she focuses on social welfare, housing and urban policy. Previously, Calder was a graduate fellow in welfare...
Feb 18, 2017 · Vanessa Brown Calder of the Cato Institute joins the Bill of Rights Institute to discuss the latest NSDA Webinar: "Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing."...
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