| Response
to “The Effects of Land Use Regulation on the Price
of Housing: What Do We Know? What Can We Learn?” by
John M. Quigley and Larry A. Rosenthal
William H. Kreager
Principal, Mithun
Now is a great time to be involved with land planning and
housing design. Innovation and new ideas are constantly required.
Our challenge is creating acceptable homes for today’s
lifestyles, but on less land and for higher cost than previously
dreamed of by the home-buying public in its worst nightmares.
The subject article by Quigley and Rosenthal is a thoughtful
review of modeling “hedonic” variables and methodology.
I now understand that Euclid, Ohio, is responsible for validating
zoning ordinances aimed at legally separating various land
uses in a town plan. Euclid now joins President Eisenhower
and his Federal Highway Act and 50 years of a growing American
economy as perpetrators of suburban sprawl in the United States.
I agree with the first five conclusions presented in the
article, but respectfully disagree with number six. I will
comment on number six at the conclusion of my observations.
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