David J. Hayes is a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and a Senior Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Since returning to Stanford in January 2023, Hayes has been working through Stanford’s Law School and the new Doerr Sustainability School on climate matters, with a special focus on climate resilience and…
In 2023, something unusual happened in the Big Sky state. Montana’s Republican-controlled state government unexpectedly adopted a series of housing reforms championed by environmentalists, business interests, tribal nations, and affordable housing advocates. This legislative package, which Bloomberg CityLab called the ‘Montana…