permitting

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Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

The good news is that much of Mr. Emanuel’s prescription—geothermal, small modular reactors, permitting reform, supply-chain investment—is correct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

“Still, the legislation is a constructive signal that Congress can act when there is broad recognition that regulatory and permitting barriers are a constraint in a major sector.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Judge Winmill observed that the nation’s history and traditions recognized “a right to self-protection and self-preservation” permitting otherwise unlawful acts “when necessary to prevent harm to oneself or another.”

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

“Weather permitting, of course. Wouldn’t you like to take your family, Mr. Hoyt?”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns