Housing Regulations Gone Wild

Elliot Eisenberg, Ph. D and Senior Economist with the National Association of Home Builders in DC, will present a very informative and entertaining discussion on the economic impact of government regulation on house prices.  Audience members will learn why, from an economic perspective, government intervention in the housing market is bad.  Note that it does not matter what sort of government intervention it may be.  It may be fire sprinklers, inclusionary zoning, stair geometry, façade requirements, minimum lot sizes, set back requirements, increases in permit fees, anti-monotony regulations, delays in obtaining permits, or something else.  Whatever it is, Dr. Eisenberg will explain, using simple economics, how all these things raise the price of housing, decreases its supply, raise the price of existing housing, cause sprawl and more green house gas emissions.