Forms and Resources

The vast majority of studies and experts agree that housing production helps slow or stall rent increases.  Below is a selection of a few videos. studies, reviews, articles, and books that reach those conclusions.   

Resources: 

• Video: Affordable Housing Primer with Lee Butler, Director of Community Development

• Article: “Repeat after me: building any new homes reduces housing costs for all: Building unsubsidized housing pushes down rents and prices while freeing up cheaper properties”

• “High-End Construction Really Does Help Everyone - A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb up.”  February 23, 2026. 

• “The Downmarket Impact of New Multifamily Housing: Evidence from a Honolulu Condo Tower,” by Fang, Kim, and Tyndall.

• Study: “Supply Skepticism Revisited.” November 23, 2023. By Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan. NYU. 

• Article: “The cities where home prices have changed most (and least) over the past 130 years.” December 2025. Washington Post. 

• Study: “The Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-Income Housing Market.” July 2019. By Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. “Affordable City”.  September 2020. By Shane Phillips. 

• Article: “The Tech Hub Emerging as America’s Most Affordable Market for Renters.” October 2025. By Snejana Farberov for Realtor.Com 

• Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson’s book “Abundance” By Ezra Klein and Derek Thomson. Published in 2025 by Simon and Schuster.  

• Study & Review of Research: “The Effect of Market-Rate Development on Neighborhood Rents”  by UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. Published in 2021.  

• Montana Free Press reports “Dropping rents in Bozeman following an increase in housing supply.” By Matt Standall for the Montana Free Press. June 2025.