High urban rents make life worse for everyone in countless ways.

America is suffering from a severe housing shortage. A crucial tool may lie in the Constitution.

Spiraling housing prices in Provincetown are an extreme version of what’s happening in the U.S. as whole.

And why local governments hate it

What the United States can learn from the Pacific nation

States around the country are showing Southern California how to rebuild.

NIMBYism is coming from inside the government.

The rules that govern land are the foundation of our lives.

Readers respond to our March 2025 cover story and more.

Lee Friedlander’s photographs of beauty queens and real estate