Nico Calavita

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Nico Calavita is professor emeritus in the graduate program in City Planning at San Diego State University. His areas of interest include affordable housing policies, land use planning, land value recapture, and comparative planning. He is coauthor of the 2010 book "Inclusionary Housing in International Perspective: Affordable Housing, Social Inclusion, and Land Value Recapture."

Policy

How the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Drives Housing Inequality

August 15, 2022 | Nico Calavita

If high home prices and rents are hallmarks of inequality, the actions of the Federal Reserve should give us pause. Its policy interventions have had profound effects on housing prices.