Reading List 05/16/26
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- Tokyo achieves relatively affordable housing by building extensively, despite high land values; land is expensive but structures are cheap due to relaxed supply constraints.
- The House introduced a housing bill in response to the Senate's 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, notably omitting restrictions on build-to-rent housing.
- An improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered near an Alabama dam, raising security concerns.
- Fervo, a geothermal energy company, announced its initial public offering (IPO).
- Oil supply disruptions from the Strait of Hormuz and Iran conflict affect global markets, including naphtha shortages impacting Japanese snacks and semiconductors.