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How has the US added housing supply since 2000? Are conservative places building a lot more than liberal places? In new research, I show that: —Additional homes were disproportionately in high-income, conservative, greenfield areas —BUT infill growth was more likely to be located in liberal areas

The question of what places are adding housing supply most quickly has become a subject of avid political debate. There's a frequently repeated claim that conservative communities are more accepting of new homes than are liberal places, which, many argue, "aren't building enough."

The story becomes more complicated when examining *where* homes were added in each metro area, though! Liberal metropolitan areas like NYC & Seattle added many more homes near existing homes than did most conservative metro areas. That means their residents experienced more nearby construction.

When I examined trends among cities, I found that cities with more conservative residents added housing much more quickly... *But* more liberal cities added much more housing in infill areas. Liberal cities did a better job adding homes through construction in existing neighborhoods.

My findings reaffirm that liberal places are doing a poor job adding homes. BUT they also show that conservative places are doing a poor job adding homes other than on greenfields—as in, outside existing neighborhoods. Journal article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Free pre-print version ⏬