Click the link above for videos from each of the speakers at from the "Land Use in Houston: Two Different Approaches" Forum we sponsored on February 26th at the George R. Brown Convention Center. We want to thank everyone who attended for making the event such a success.

An intriguing new analysis by a University of Washington economics professor argues that home prices have, perhaps inadvertently, been driven up $200,000 by good intentions.

Regarding Sunday's City and State cover article "Would more housing rules raise costs? / Some say Houston prices would jump; others say quality of life is bigger": A certain neighborhood wishes to limit the scale of a certain project.

Houston is the freest major city in America, with no zoning and only moderate government intrusions into how property owners use their land. This freedom has made Houston the most affordable major city in America, with housing costs that are less than half of most other major urban areas. This freedom has also created an innovative and growth-friendly environment that is creating tens of thousands of new jobs each year.

Houston remains a city of opportunity.

I say "remains," because other cities around the country have embraced land-use restrictions that have produced significant barriers to opportunity.