New Report Shows Housing Reform Is Gaining Momentum Nationwide

Forbes, Aug. 5, 2025-Adam Millsap
Housing is too expensive in America, primarily because we do not build enough of it in the places people want to live due to zoning and other land-use regulations. Through education and advocacy, YIMBY groups (Yes In My Backyard) have convinced many state legislators that the best way to make housing cheaper is to reform regulations so developers can build more of it, and legislators across the country are acting. In a new policy brief from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Salim Furth and Eli Kahn report that 123 bills that make it easier to build housing were passed between July 2024 and June 2025.

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