Affordable Housing Institute : US

Hindsight always makes things clear.
 

Why didn’t I see that before?
 
With the GSEs having been placed in conservatorship – a state akin to a bank seizure to protect the depositors – a few things are clear:
 
 
Given that Treasury decided it had to do this, it’s almost certainly the right thing for the broader housing economy […]

Continuing our occasional series on the Ultimate Future City:
The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov, 11/07
The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov, 11/07
The World Inside, by Robert Silverberg, 12/07
Diaspar, The City and the Stars, by Arthur C. Clarke, 3/08
 
Opinions change with age; otherwise, what is age for?
– James Blish, in The Triumph of Time, page […]

Continuing our occasional series on the Ultimate Future City:
The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov, 11/07
The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov, 11/07
The World Inside, by Robert Silverberg, 12/07
Diaspar, The City and the Stars, by Arthur C. Clarke, 3/08
 
“What city has two names twice?”  380
 

 
That question is posed, to a fellow spacefaring mayor, by John […]

                                                      “Profit is the price you pay for competence.”
 
Work expansion isn’t just a good idea, it’s the Law
 
They’re called non-profits – or, more formally, ‘not for profit entities’ – and therein lies the great fallacy of their existence. 
 

There are two sides to every question
 
Non-profits have to make a profit.  The reasons are manifold.
 

Not that […]

A while back, I posted on When top-down doesn’t work as it applies to affordable housing policy.  The Blogger Communications Commission has requested equal time for the opposing view – an exposition of when top-down does work.
 

I’m a spokesman and don’t you dare oppose my views
 
One theme unifies the examples below – and that is […]