Public policy in Texas should favor private production. When governments duplicate what is provided in the private sector, government pre-empts competition, stifles entrepreneurial opportunity, destroys economic growth, and raises the price of doing business.
Local Government
Zoning Promised Order, But Delivered Scarcity.
Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government management, innovation has faltered, consumer choice has dwindled, and costs have exploded. Popular sentiment casts Herbert Hoover as a do-nothing,...
December 16, 2025