Topic: National Association of Home Builders
July 24, 2026 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 24, 2026
Restrictive licensing practices and regulatory barriers frequently prevent qualified and trained workers from participating in the workforce. This is true in Georgia as elsewhere, but a few bills passed in […]
July 17, 2026 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 17, 2026
In recent years, it’s fair to say that Congress only acts once an issue has become truly urgent. But recent years have strained even historical levels of inaction. According to […]
July 10, 2026 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 10, 2026
Few line items in a household budget feel as immovable—or as frustrating—as the monthly insurance premium. For years, Georgians watched those bills climb, driven in no small part by a […]
June 26, 2026 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 26, 2026
In the ongoing debate over why homeownership remains out of reach for so many Georgia families, we have the usual explanations: higher interest rates, institutional investors buying up homes, global […]
June 25, 2026 • Commentary
The $132,000 Question Georgia Homebuyers Are Paying to Answer
An updated study from the National Association of Home Builders puts a new dollar figure on the cost of government regulations nationwide.
December 22, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 22, 2023
2023 will be remembered as the costliest Christmas ever.
April 6, 2023
Government Regulation in the Price of Multifamily Housing: Georgia
The research for Georgia finds that an average of 23.4 percent of the cost of multifamily housing can be attributed to federal, state and local regulation.
June 17, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 17, 2022
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Since there is no such entity as ‘the public,’ since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that ‘the public interest’ supersedes […]
June 8, 2022 • Blog
Supply Problems and Rising Home Prices
Rising home prices are a multi-faceted issue requiring multiple solutions. First, government officials should quit making homes pricier than than need be.
February 8, 2022 • Blog
What Makes Georgia Homes so Unaffordable?
More than one-quarter of the cost of a new home in Georgia is made up of government regulation and fees.
February 4, 2022 • Commentary
The Price of Compliance
What does the cost of regulatory compliance mean to a home buyer today?
January 31, 2022 • Press Release
Government Regulation Drives Up Housing Cost, Says New Georgia Policy Report
The latest Georgia Policy report identifies that the cost of regulation accounts for nearly 27% of the final price of new homes in Georgia.
January 31, 2022
Government Regulation in the Price of a New Home: Georgia
Housing prices are rocketing skyward, and one factor contributing to the rise is the cost of regulation to build a new single-family home.
September 24, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 24, 2021
Thirty years of Policy Over Politics: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary on September 16 at the Georgia Aquarium with nearly 2
June 11, 2021
Friday Facts: June 11, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane Federalism, a state of independence: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has a history of defending the ability of Georgia to solve its own problems instead of […]
October 30, 2020
Friday Facts: October 30, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Perhaps the most tragic aspect of today’s division is that much of it is a byproduct of our education system where young people are taught […]
March 17, 2017
Friday Facts: March 17, 2017
It’s Friday! Events March 23: The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the Foundation’s March Leadership Breakfast, “Capitol Insight,” with keynote speaker Lynn Westmoreland, who retired recently after six […]
December 16, 2016
Friday Facts: December 16, 2016
It’s Friday! Events Did you attend our 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Freedom Award on November 11? Click here to view photographs from the event! January 26, 2017: Typically the […]
September 10, 2004
Agenda 2004: A Guide to the Issues- Land Use
Agenda 2004: A Guide to the Issues Land Use Agenda Utilize zoning that is oriented toward land use rather than classification. Eliminate subsidies that encourage sprawl. Utilize market-oriented user fees […]
June 29, 2001
American Dream Boundaries: Urban Containment and Its Consequences
Wendell Cox Introduction The Oregon portion of the Portland metropolitan area1 has adopted the nation’s strongest so-called “smart growth” policies. Metro, the regional government, has adopted a wide range of policies […]