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DMI Director Samuel Staley consulted on housing in NPR! Dr. Staley describes how housing affordability in Florida is getting more severe.

Listen here: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5836542/workers-in-popular-tourist-areas-face-housing-shortage-as-cost-of-living-rises

Brieanna Smith with WTXL interviews DMI Director Dr. Samuel Staley on housing in Tallahassee! She discusses the causes of housing shortage in the city with him, and he shares insights on details, timeline, and other information for how to address the situation.

Check out the article and interview here: https://www.wtxl.com/northeast-tallahassee/tallahassee-housing-market-in-flux-as-experts-say-region-is-way-behind-on-building!

Homes.com discusses the findings of the Florida Housing Data Project and interviews DMI Director Dr. Samuel Staley for his expertise on housing! The Florida Housing Data Project was undertaken in partnership with Florida Policy Project and Reason Foundation. The website highlights the struggles of housing affordability in Florida. In the Homes.com article, Staley discusses the heart of the housing shortage and the purpose of the housing project.

Check out the Homes.com article here: https://www.homes.com/news/florida-is-missing-121-000-homes-but-the-problem-is-very-localized/1097775932/

Check out the Florida Housing Data Project here: https://florida-housing-data-project.reason.org/

The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) is a group of teachers and scholars from colleges, universities, public policy institutes, and industry with a common goal of studying and bettering our understanding of private enterprise. APEE publishes The Journal of Private Enterprise to provide a forum for its scholars to share their findings with the wider academic community. APEE’s mission is to help people understand and apply private enterprise principles: revealing to people the invisible hand at work, a future of innovation, productivity, fairness, and ever-improving standards of living for all people, and maintaining the kind of dynamic environment which permits change and growth. APEE recently hosted its annual meeting for its members to share their research and offer awards to individuals who have greatly contributed to the understanding of private enterprise. The DMI attended this year in Las Vegas, with a number of interns to present their findings and network with other members in the public policy sphere.

WTXL featured the new Florida Open Gov in an article written by Justin White! They also interviewed DMI Director Samuel Staley, Data Analytics Manager Alexis Straveski, and Director of Research Dr. Crystal Taylor.

Check out Florida Open Gov at floridaopengov.com!

Check out the WTXL here: https://www.wtxl.com/college-town/florida-state-university-students-launch-redesigned-website-to-track-government-spending-and-schools

FSU News highlighted the DMI’s Florida Housing Data Project website, made in partnership with Reason Foundation and Florida Policy Project! The Florida Housing Data Project provides state and county level data with the aim of informing policy.

Check out the Florida Housing Data Project at florida-housing-data-project.reason.org!

Check out the FSU News article here: https://news.fsu.edu/news/business-law-policy/2026/04/02/fsus-devoe-l-moore-institute-launches-new-housing-supply-website-to-address-statewide-shortages/

The Tallahassee Democrat has featured the DMI’s re-vamped Florida Open Gov website! Florida Open Gov focuses on government transparency by providing data made accessible to you!

Check out Florida Open Gov at floridaopengov.com!

Check out Tarah Jean’s article about the website here: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fsu-news/2026/04/01/fsu-devoe-l-moore-institute-launches-government-transparency-site/89390643007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116753p119150l004350c119150e006900v116753d--44--b--44--&gca-ft=147&gca-ds=sophi

The new Florida Open Gov, the DMI’s government transparency website, has officially launched! FSU News features the new site and discusses its capabilities and purpose!

To check out Florida Open Gov: https://www.floridaopengov.com/

To check out the FSU News article: https://news.fsu.edu/news/business-law-policy/2026/03/30/fsus-devoe-l-moore-institute-launches-redesigned-government-transparency-website/

Come join the DMI and NABE tonight at 6pm in BEL 150E for an alumni panel! Pizza provided!!

On March 2, 2026, The James Madison Institute published a policy brief written by Crystal Taylor, Ph.D., AICP, Isla Riddell, Jose Collantes, and Mark Butler!

The researchers proposed a potential guide to help alleviate the ongoing Florida housing shortage issue. They split their ideas into three categories: land development for certain uses, structural propositions for new housing, and permit and approval processes. By proposing various solutions to make housing more affordable and available, the team aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of broader laws, more diverse housing structures, and zoning changes.

Read more about their ideas here: https://jamesmadison.org/a-closer-look-at-common-land-use-and-housing-terminology-starters-and-nonstarters-for-housing-production-and-affordability/