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Josh Barro
Josh Barro is a contributor to Forbes.com and a fiscal policy analyst based in New York City.
Height of Folly: Why Housing in Washington, D.C., Is So Awful
The nation's capital is a swamp of dumb housing rules and jumbled zoning laws. Let's fix them.
Josh Barro
April 18, 2012