The Concrete Economist·Sep 23Vietnam’s land pricing returns to state controlBarely two years in, Vietnam is preparing to undo the boldest element of its most significant land reform in a decade. A draft amendment to…
crabapplescuttle·Sep 23the reason you want to live in stars hollowand why your dream town is illegal to build
Darwin Gosal·Sep 18The Geography of AgeingHow shrinking populations, cheap land and new technology could redraw where we spend the last third of our lives
D Murali·Sep 18Was It the Water or Was It the Law? Translating “The Other Housing Crisis” to ChennaiHow municipal legal codes, FSI redevelopment bonuses, and non-disaggregated budgets quietly force urban housing into collapse before the…
Interstatemobilehomemovers·Sep 14Texas Opened the Door to More Manufactured Homes. Moving Them Is the Next Challenge.Photo by Kevin Dowling on Unsplash
Darwin Gosal·Aug 28Before Asking People to Behave Better, Ask What Game They Are InHousing costs, climate burden-sharing, and falling birth rates aren’t three problems. They’re one game, seen from three angles.
Race Bannon·Aug 28Data-Driven Housing PolicyBuilding more housing helps affordability broadly, but closing the gap for the lowest-income renters still requires direct subsidy.
Darwin Gosal·Aug 17Everyone Is Someone Else’s ForeignerA field guide to the geoarbitrage ledger, and why the same cross-border trade produces different winners, losers, and politics
Arian Kiandoost·Jul 7Anyone Who Tells You They Know How to Fix the Ownership Crisis Is Selling You SomethingWhat Singapore, Vienna, Saudi Arabia, the EU, California, and a few other actors actually tried — across housing, digital licensing, and…
