🏛️ Politics Aug 20, 2026 · Jianren Xu

Can America Build What It Cannot Insure?: Texas and California as Case Studies

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The American housing debate still appears deceptively familiar: build more homes, loosen zoning restrictions, accelerate permitting, reduce construction costs, and help households qualify for mortgages. These goals remain important, especially in states where housing supply has failed to keep up with population and income growth. But they no longer fully capture what housing affordability now entails. A home must not only be permitted, built, purchased, and financed. It must also be insured. Tha

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