Colorado House Bill 1313, which would allow the state to enforce housing density plans around public transit hubs, passed in the State House this weekend. READ MORE
Alex Horowitz, director of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative, argues that Hawaii’s housing shortage is to blame for the state’s high rental and homebuying costs. READ MORE
Five years ago, elected officials in the D.C. area concluded that at least 320,000 new housing units were needed to accommodate the region’s anticipated growth. READ MORE
Nationwide, cities and states are tackling the same issue: overly restrictive zoning policies that impede or prohibit new housing construction. READ MORE
This week, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-30) introduced a bill that aims to repurpose the federal government’s inventory of roughly 45,000 underutilized buildings for affordable housing. READ MORE
California Democrats are proposing an overhaul of the state’s Housing Accountability Act, known as the “builder’s remedy,” with the goal of addressing the law’s “legal ambiguities.” READ MORE
Last week, the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles upheld legislation that allows city and county governments to authorize housing developments with up to 10 units in some urban areas, including around transit hubs. READ MORE
In this recent opinion piece, the WSJ Editorial Board argues that New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed Good Cause Eviction standards equate to universal rent control and will be grossly ineffective as they “increase disincentives for investment” and “layer on subsidies.” READ MORE
