Housing activists think that the solution to the housing shortage is to shackle housing producers.
Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips is the founder of the Texas Institute for Property Rights. Brian has been defending property rights for nearly thirty years. He played a key role in defeating zoning in Houston, Texas, and in Hobbs, New Mexico.
He is the author of three books: Individual Rights and Government Wrongs, The Innovator Versus the Collective, and Principles and Property Rights.
Visit his website at texasipr.com.
Defending the Free Market
We can’t predict what solutions and innovations that free individuals will discover. However, we do know that free individuals, and only free individuals, can and do find solutions and innovations.
California Housing: Force Isn’t the Solution
In 2024, voter in Los Angeles will vote on an initiative that would force hotel operators to rent vacant rooms to the city’s homeless.
Conservatives Abandon Property Rights
Conservatives should remember their past support for property rights. But more importantly, they need to discover what that principle truly means. Until they do so, conservatives will continue to abandon property rights.
Raising a Family on a Minimum Wage: The Elephant in the Room
If we truly want to help low-income households, then we must begin by holding individuals accountable and counsel them to make better choices.
Antitrust Lawsuit Against PGA is Unfounded
Eleven professional golfers, including Phil Mickelson, have filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the Professional Golf Association (PGA).
The “Right to Organize” and Freedom of Association
Tenants have the right to organize if they so choose. And landlords have the right to recognize those unions or not.
It’s All About Property Rights
Ayn Rand correctly wrote that without property rights, no other rights are possible.
A Noncrisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Just as statists use a crisis to advance their agenda, advocates of the free market should use a noncrisis to advance our cause.
A Case Study in Nuisance
Nuisance is highly contextual. An action that constitutes a nuisance in one context may not be a nuisance in another context.
Rent Control is Fascism
Rent control provides a pretense of private property.
The Lust for Power and Tenant’s Rights
Economic power is founded on voluntary trade. Political power is founded on physical force.
Rental Lease Options: Unattractive Alternatives Isn’t Force
We may not always like the alternatives that we face, but choosing between unattractive alternatives isn’t force.
Affordable Housing: The Costs of Democracy in California
On the one hand, housing advocates and public officials decry the state’s housing shortage. On the other hand, they continue to advocate for more controls and restrictions to be piled onto the shoulders of housing producers.
The Progressive Framework is Anti-individual
The Progressive framework relegates the individual to second-class status. The collective reigns supreme.
Texas’ War on Free Speech
Social media companies are not a threat to free speech. Governments that do not respect property rights are.
White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci Supports Dictatorship
In his zeal to protect the nonexistent entity known as “the public,” Fauci ignores the individuals who comprise the public. Individuals don’t matter to Fauci or any other would-be tyrant.
Alternatives to Public Libraries
America’s past, is replete with examples of voluntary, cooperative associations which provided for the many needs of the citizenry. One of the most striking examples is the evolution of libraries in pre-Civil War America. Even today, alternatives to tax-sup-ported lib…
Logic: The Vaccine for an Infodemic
To determine the truth on any issue, whether we are in an infodemic or not, we must examine the facts. More importantly, we must arm ourselves with the proper method for examining those facts.
Coming to the Nuisance
Coming to the nuisance essentially means “first in time, first in rights.”
No Vaccine, No Service
A private vaccine requirement does not prevent unvaccinated individuals from dining out elsewhere. A government vaccine mandate prohibits unvaccinated individuals from dining out anywhere.
Racial Equity Studies: Tribalism on the Warpath
If a racial equity study finds that a particular project will result in the displacement of “people of color,” it will be used as a club to beat developers into submission. Developers will be forced to abandon their project or concede to whatever demands activists a…
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Segregation was a result of “open and explicit government-sponsored” policies.
The Founding Fathers and Democracy
Democracy is a form of collectivism.
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