Aug 2, 2026 · 27 min · 12 segments
Do you know how zoning laws affect Pittsburgh’s housing costs? New Haven, CT, has been governed for years by restrictive zoning that made it physically impossible to build tall buildings downtown…
Eli SabinGuest
David PlotzHost
Zoning is one of the most boring and important facts about living in a city or living anywhere, really.
Almost no one understands zoning, but it can be what decides whether you have a factory next door or an apartment building or a mansion.
Alder basically being some kind of archaic New England term for a city council member.
Eli led a push over several years to change zoning rules in downtown New Haven, the district he represented.
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