When do interest groups — like organized labor — use the housing entitlement process to secure benefits? Now published in JPIPE, A. Magazinnik, Anna Weissman, and I find a relationship with big implications for the housing supply & attempts to reform local permitting. 1/10

Because discretionary review over new housing requires legislative vote, groups members speak publicly at these meetings. By either opposing or supporting the housing proposal, groups can pressure developers to deliver their members benefits. Here’s an example: 2/10