AN INCREASINGLY UNCONTROVERSIAL view among policy wonks on the left, right, and center is that housing in America is too expensive and government regulation is to blame.
The question, then, is which regulations we should prioritize repealing—urban growth boundaries that limit greenfield single-family development on the exurban fringe, or zoning restrictions that ban apartments and other forms of dense housing within the already-developed urban core.
As a libertarian, I think