Christopher S. Elmendorf

Jan 21, 2025 | niskanencenter.org | Alex Armlovich |Christopher S. Elmendorf |Sam Jacobson

Americans are riled up about the cost of housing. For the first time in living memory, housing affordability figured prominently in a presidential campaign — and for good reason. Research shows that housing supply in U.S. metro areas has become progressively less elastic over time.

Jan 28, 2024 | msn.com | Christopher S. Elmendorf

Jan 28, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Christopher S. Elmendorf

One great paradox of our time is that to limit humanity’s harms to the planet, we must decarbonize the economy; but to decarbonize the economy, we must build tons of new stuff: wind farms, solar fields, geothermal wells, and above all electricity-transmission lines. Last month, a broad coalition of congressional Democrats released their vision for how to do this.

May 26, 2023 | city-journal.org | Christopher S. Elmendorf

Recent years have witnessed a transformation in California politics. Scrambling to be seen as leaders on housing policy, state lawmakers have taken big steps to wrest control of land-use regulation from local governments. They gave California homeowners the right to add two accessory dwelling units (ADUs)—smaller homes or apartments on the same lot as a traditional single-family home—or to split their lot and build duplexes.