Want to make housing affordable? Ditch urban growth boundaries (Opinion)
Want to make housing affordable? Ditch urban growth boundaries (Opinion)
- March 1, 2016
- Research by David Brownstone, economics professor, is featured in The Oregonian March 1, 2016
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From The Oregonian:
Supposedly, urban-growth boundaries save energy and reduce driving. But midrise and
high-rise housing actually use more energy per square foot than single-family homes
(and cost more to build, too). Meanwhile, University of California, Irvine, economist
David Brownstone has shown that the effects of density on driving are "too small to
be useful" in saving energy or reducing pollution.
For the full story, please visit http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/want_to_make_housing_affordabl.html.
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