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In Saint Paul, new city council members talk housing.

Greg Vasil, CEO of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, highlights the steps taken in Brookline, Newton and other local jurisdictions to reform zoning laws to create much-needed housing. Vasil also offered a series of recommendations for state lawmakers to consider, including strengthening a local option law that allows communities to raise funds for affordable […]

The Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board urged lawmakers to resist the temptation to impose rent control and instead focus on removing the zoning and regulatory barriers that make it more costly and difficult to address housing shortages. On rent control, the editorial board noted, “After St. Paul, Minnesota, voters approved a rent control law in […]

Several new laws designed to address California’s severe housing shortage went into effect on January 1. These include a measure to speed up the approval of apartment buildings with some set-asides for lower income renters. Other laws give developers permission to build denser buildings if they set aside additional units for middle-income renters and the […]

A Travis County judge ruled that the City of Austin violated state law when it enacted several zoning reforms last year.

Although the Washington state legislature declared 2023 “the year of housing,” some unfinished housing business remains to be addressed in 2024.

The president of the Colorado Association of Realtors writes that Colorado must identify and implement solutions to address housing affordability. She stresses the need to increase the supply of residences by removing regulatory barriers that limit how many structures are built and delay the units needed. She also cautions that lawmakers should resist enacting rent-control […]

According to a new poll from Pew Charitable Trusts, public approval is growing for several policy measures that would make it easier to build new multifamily housing. Popular policies include legalizing accessory dwelling units, legalizing duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes; building of affordable housing development near major transit; and simplifying housing permitting processes. – CNN