Andrew Justus, Author at Niskanen Center

Andrew Justus

Andrew Justus is a Housing Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center, where he works on urban issues including housing, transportation, and infrastructure, with an emphasis on housing abundance.

Previously, Justus was an associate attorney at a D.C. land use and zoning firm, where he focused on residential development. Before that, he worked in transportation and development policy at a national nonprofit. Justus earned a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Michigan, a law degree from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University.

Andrew Justus posts

A pro-supply to-do list for Congress's housing bill

The bottom rung is missing from America's housing ladder. The ROOM Act can replace it.

Op-Ed: Transportation policy is incomplete without housing

With preapproved building plans local, state, and federal policymakers take aim at soft costs

The ROAD to housing: Tim Scott's housing bill marks a bipartisan breakthrough

Statement for the record before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Philadelphia regional rail: population density and SEPTA's fiscal crisis

Housing, health, and transit: Lessons for policymakers

Two big developments in manufactured housing reform: New rules, new bill

Evaluating the Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act

Understanding single-stair reform efforts across the United States

What Hawaii can learn from California's long and bumpy road to ADU stardom

Public comment: Notice of availability of proposed policy guidance for the Capital Investment Grants program

A reality check on Austin's housing market

Building code reform moves forward in Virginia

Build more housing near transit 2.0

Statement for the record before the U.S. Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Flood Insurance on "Housing Affordability: Governmental Barriers and Market-Based Solutions"

Op-Ed: A land value tax could boost housing supply, reduce speculation in Detroit and across Midwest

Detroit could be the largest U.S. city with land value tax, if the state legislature allows it

Statement for the Record before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development