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Cato Weekly Podcast • October 18, 2017 

# Zoning, Land-Use Planning, and Housing Affordability 

Do federal housing subsidies end up subsidizing restrictive zoning at the local level? And how does zoning drive housing costs? Vanessa Brown Calder examines the relationship in [a new Cato Policy Analysis](https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/zoning-land-use-planning-housing-affordability). 

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##### [Vanessa Brown Calder](/people/vanessa-calder)

Former Director of Opportunity and Family Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute