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A High Burden The Growing Cost of Permitting Compliance in Arizona’s Home Improvement Market

Housing & Our Community
Home Prices, the Great Recession, and the Sharing Economy Evidence from Arizona and Airbnb

Arizona’s housing affordability crisis is primarily the result of a long-term shortage of housing construction following the Great Recession, not the growth of short-term rentals such as Airbnb.

April 16, 2026 Glenn Farley
Housing & Our Community
PLAY BALL! THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPRING TRAINING IN ARIZONA

This month, Arizona welcomes the Cactus League as fifteen Major League Baseball teams take the field across ten stadiums in the Greater Phoenix area, competing for spring training bragging rights. The annua

Housing & Our Community
BRIEF: A Review of Arizona Building Permit Data

Arizona has 106 building-regulating and permit-issuing jurisdictions. Most (69) are very small (each covering less than 0.5% of state population). All maintain their own building codes, permitting offices,

February 12, 2026 Glenn Farley
Housing & Our Community
Trends in Child Welfare The state of Arizona’s child welfare services child welfare needs

Decades of research support the conclusion that children perform best when placed with their families or close relatives.