We have a lot to say this week, but that’s OK, we’ll be off next week for Thanksgiving. So pace yourself, put this in the fridge after that second helping and go out for a walk, it will taste just as good tomorrow, maybe on a sandwich.
Daniel is serving up the appetizer:
The cost of living was on the ballot earlier this month, and Democrats deployed an “affordability theory of everything” that helped carry ideologically diverse candidates in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia across the finish line. A pocketbook-first message alone won’t erase the party’s ideological baggage or abysmal favorability rating. But the lesson for Republicans is straightforward: Take ownership of the affordability concern—foremost housing and homeownership—or risk losing Congress in 2026 and the White House in 2028.
The YIMBY movement has heretofore provided the go-to answer to the housing crunch in policy circles—build more, primarily by building up. Its main objective is to reduce rents, and its toolkit includes up-zoning and by-right approvals, constructing mid-rises near transit, and scrapping parking and lot-size mandates. This approach aligns with basic principles of supply and demand and is congruent with a supply-side agenda that conservatives have long supported.
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