Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy

Introduction Lee Anne Fennell and Benjamin J. Keys; Part I. Housing and the Metropolis: Law and Policy Perspectives: 1. The rise of the homevoters: how the growth machine was subverted by OPEC and Earth day William A. Fischel; 2. How land use law impedes transportation innovation David Schleicher; 3. The unassailable case against affordable housing mandates Richard A. Epstein; Part II. Housing as Community: Stability, Change, and Perceptions: 4. Balancing the costs and benefits of historic preservation Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brian J. McCabe; 5. Historic preservation and its even less authentic alternative Lior Jacob Strahilevitz; 6. Losing my religion: Church condo conversions and neighborhood change Georgette Chapman Phillips; 7. How housing dynamics shape neighborhood perceptions Matthew Desmond; Part III. Housing as Wealth Building: Consumers and Housing Finance: 8. Behavioral leasing: renter equity as an intermediate housing form Stephanie M. Stern; 9. Housing, mortgages, and retirement Christopher Mayer; 10. The rise and (potential) fall of disparate impact lending litigation Ian Ayres, Gary Klein and Jeffrey West; Part IV. Housing and the Financial System: Risks and Returns: 11. Household debt and defaults from 2000 to 2010: the credit supply view Atif Mian and Amir Sufi; 12. Representations and warranties: why they did not stop the crisis Patricia A. McCoy and Susan Wachter; 13. When the invisible hand isn't a firm hand: disciplining markets that won't discipline themselves Raphael W. Bostic and Anthony W. Orlando.