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A Rhode Island town seeks to use eminent domain to block construction of a large-scale affordable housing project.

Internal tensions within the movement are real, but far from irreconcilable. Litigation and political reform are mutually reinforcing, not mutually exclusive pathways to curbing exclusionary zoning.

The Eighth Amendment provides little, if any, protection for the homeless. But courts can help them by striking down exclusionary zoning, which is the major cause of housing shortages that lead to homelessness.

New Zealand alleviated a severe housing shortage by liberalizing regulations that had previously blocked most new construction.

The New York Times and the Atlantic report on how the movement to curb exclusionary zoning and build more housing has managed to cut across ideological lines.

Prominent political commentator and zoning reform advocate comments on my work on this topic (with Joshua Braver).

Coauthor Josh Braver and I argue exclusionary zoning violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.