Environmental regulations thwart housing construction yet again

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President Joe Biden doesn’t have a lot of good ideas, but his decision to use existing Department of Transportation programs to finance the conversion of office space into apartment buildings is a good one.

Unfortunately, his party’s refusal to work with Republicans on long overdue reform of onerous environmental regulations has made the completion of construction projects impossible, leaving downtowns in limbo and rents high.

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