Question A: Less rigid residential zoning codes in Ohio municipalities would reduce future cost of housing.
Question B: Less rigid residential zoning codes in Ohio municipalities would reduce levels of residential segregation.
Question A: Less rigid residential zoning codes in Ohio municipalities would reduce future cost of housing.
| Economist | Institution | Opinion | Confidence | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Andreas | Bluffton University | Agree | 9 | |
| Bizuayehu Bedane | Marietta College | Agree | 8 | |
| Jay Corrigan | Kenyon College | Agree | 4 | |
| Kevin Egan | University of Toledo | Strongly Agree | 10 | Yes, it is efficient to allow multi-family units to be build anywhere and allow mixed residential and businesses to allow "walkable" neighborhoods |
| Kenneth Fah | Ohio Dominican University | Uncertain | 10 | Future costs of housing depends on many critical factors beyond residential zoning. |
| Robert Gitter | Ohio Wesleyan University | Agree | 8 | If the code specifies minimum acreage per lot then this would be the case but I would be less certain in terms of other changes. |
| Nancy Haskell | University of Dayton | Agree | 8 | |
| Paul Holmes | Ashland University | Agree | 4 | I'm not familiar enough with the Ohio situation to be certain; but in my home country, zoning restrictions are partly to blame for our large housing shortage and high housing prices. |
| Faria Huq | Lake Erie College | Strongly Agree | 9 | |
| Michael Jones | University of Cincinnati | Strongly Agree | 7 | |
| Fadhel Kaboub | Denison University | Uncertain | 10 | It depends on what the zoning restrictions are for. There is no such thing as a silver bullet solution to these multifaceted problems. We need multi-pronged solutions. |
| Trevon Logan | Ohio State University | Agree | 8 | |
| Michael Myler | University of Mount Union | Agree | 7 | |
| Joe Nowakowski | Muskingum University | Agree | 9 | |
| Lewis Sage | Baldwin Wallace University | Uncertain | 10 | Zoning regulations will only work if they make multi-family and small-lot housing more profitable than other forms of development. |
| Albert Sumell | Youngstown State University | Strongly Agree | 10 | Numerous studies have shown zoning to be a major impediment to building affordable housing in higher income areas. |
| Ejindu Ume | Miami University | Strongly Agree | 8 | |
| Andy Welki | John Carroll University | Agree | 7 | the issue is "does the reduced future cost come as a result of reduced quality" |
| Kathryn Wilson | Kent State University | Strongly Agree | 8 | Less rigid residential zoning codes would allow the supply of housing to increase. This increase in supply would result in a higher quantity and lower price of housing. |
| Rachel Wilson | Wittenberg University | Uncertain | 5 | It depends on how you define rigid. |
Question B: Less rigid residential zoning codes in Ohio municipalities would reduce levels of residential segregation.
| Economist | Institution | Opinion | Confidence | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Andreas | Bluffton University | Agree | 9 | A certain amount of segregation is inevitable because there are many causes, but reducing zoning regulations would decrease economic-class segregation somewhat. |
| Bizuayehu Bedane | Marietta College | Uncertain | 8 | |
| Jay Corrigan | Kenyon College | Uncertain | 1 | |
| Kevin Egan | University of Toledo | Strongly Agree | 10 | Yes single family only zoning is exlusionary and leads to inflated home prices in "good" school districts. Leads to the issue of stop funding education via local property taxes which leads to some schools better funded than others. |
| Kenneth Fah | Ohio Dominican University | Uncertain | 10 | |
| Robert Gitter | Ohio Wesleyan University | Agree | 7 | |
| Nancy Haskell | University of Dayton | Agree | 9 | |
| Paul Holmes | Ashland University | No Opinion | 6 | |
| Faria Huq | Lake Erie College | Strongly Agree | 9 | |
| Michael Jones | University of Cincinnati | Uncertain | 5 | |
| Fadhel Kaboub | Denison University | Agree | 10 | To some extent yes, but again residential segregation is a serious structural problem that requires more attention than just less rigid zoning codes. |
| Trevon Logan | Ohio State University | Agree | 8 | |
| Michael Myler | University of Mount Union | Uncertain | 4 | It should reduce segregation based on income and wealth; but I don't see an obvious connection to other kinds of segregation. |
| Joe Nowakowski | Muskingum University | Uncertain | 5 | |
| Lewis Sage | Baldwin Wallace University | Uncertain | 10 | same comment as above |
| Albert Sumell | Youngstown State University | Strongly Agree | 10 | Numerous studies have also shown zoning to be a major contributor to residential segregation, particularly income segregation. |
| Ejindu Ume | Miami University | Strongly Disagree | 8 | |
| Andy Welki | John Carroll University | Uncertain | 6 | |
| Kathryn Wilson | Kent State University | Agree | 6 | |
| Rachel Wilson | Wittenberg University | Uncertain | 5 | It depends on how you define rigid. |