Building Abundance

Do development taxes raise housing prices?

It depends: taxes can be paid by landowners or homebuyers

29 mins ago • Michael Wiebe

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September 2026

Housing ladder spillovers

Rich newcomers can raise low-end rents, and adding high-end homes can lower them

Sep 17 • Michael Wiebe

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August 2026

The zoning tax

How to detect zoning constraints in the wild

Aug 17 • Michael Wiebe

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June 2026

Upzoning

When zoning constrains housing supply, upzoning leads to more homes

Jun 30 • Michael Wiebe

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February 2026

Gentrification and displacement

New housing enables rich people to move in without displacing the poor

Feb 14 • Michael Wiebe

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November 2025

Inclusionary zoning

How to fund subsidized housing using surplus land value

Nov 3, 2025 • Michael Wiebe

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September 2025

Filtering

How the expensive new homes of today become the affordable homes of tomorrow

Sep 19, 2025 • Michael Wiebe

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August 2025

Vacancy chains

How building expensive new homes today lowers the price of old homes today

Aug 5, 2025 • Michael Wiebe

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