The Housing Bias: Rethinking Land Use Laws for a Diverse New America

227 Pages·2011·3.22 MB·English

by  Paul Boudreaux

The Housing Bias
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The Housing Bias
Rethinking Land Use Laws for a Diverse
New America
Paul Boudreaux
THEHOUSINGBIAS
Copyright©PaulBoudreaux,2011.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction:TheHousingBias:TheLastPrivilegeofAffluent
Americans 1
1 TheThirdBattleofManassas 11
2 PublicUsesandAbuses:EminentDomaininandaroundthe
EmpireState 61
3 SideTrip:MountLaurelandtheFairShare 103
4 GuardingtheRuralMythinMichigan 117
5 FillingintheWorld’sBiggestSuburb:LosAngeles 147
6 Conclusion:OvercomingtheHousingBiasfor
Twenty-First-CenturyAmerica 177
Bibliography 201
Index 211
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Acknowledgments
IthankStetsonUniversityCollegeofLawandDeanDarbyDickersonfor
theawardoftheLeRoyHighbaughSr.ResearchChairfor2009and2010,
whichenabledmetoresearchthisbook.StetsonstudentsCrystalRoznick,
Julia McKee, Leah Cheli, and Adam Hynick provided valuable research
assistance. I also thank my editors at Palgrave Macmillan, Robyn Curtis,
SamanthaHaseyandHeatherFaulls,FloraKensonatIntegraSoftwareSer-
vices,andStetsonparalegalDianneOeste,fortheirworkonmydraftsand
gettingtheworkintoprint.