Affordable Housing – Cantilever Real Estate

Wyoming refund exposes legal risk for local housing fee ordinances

March 16, 2026 by bp56691

Small wins on impact fees occasionally occur in costly U.S. housing markets. Teton County, Wyoming, officials agreed last week to refund a $24,325 “affordable workforce housing” fee that a homeowner had to pay to obtain a permit to build a single-family home. The payment settles a lawsuit the homeowner filed last year in a Wyoming […]

Housing muni market swells amid affordability policy debate

March 16, 2026 by bp56691

Financing affordable housing development – typically for lower-income households – is one of the most challenging matters in real estate. Making the economics work on a deal requires layered “hard and soft” funding sources as developers navigate rising costs, policy instability, and structural gaps in the subsidy system. The process is so complicated that professionals […]

Trump executive order targets regulatory barriers to homebuilding

March 13, 2026 by bp56691

The White House announced on Friday afternoon its effort to challenge what it calls “unnecessary regulatory barriers” to homebuilding by issuing a broad executive order to reduce environmental, permitting and programmatic restrictions that federal officials say are contributing to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. The order, signed by Donald Trump, directs multiple federal agencies to […]

Local fees trap state housing affordability reforms in a vicious circle

March 8, 2026 by bp56691

Procedural and zoning barriers are proving to be only the beginning of the gauntlet for adding new ground-up residential supply to America’s housing-starved communities. While removing red tape and outdated zoning laws might formalize more homes on paper, local fee structures still decide whether those homes are actually built. California is a poster child for […]

Can innovation, policy reform redeem manufactured housing’s image?

March 6, 2026 by bp56691

Manufactured housing is still hampered by a persistent negative stigma, but innovations in the industry could change those misconceptions.

New York’s housing crisis won’t be solved by one mega-project

March 4, 2026 by bp56691

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s attempt to revive an old plan to build 12,000 affordable units over a borough railyard is seen as a long shot, even if he gains support from President Trump. Mamdani has garnered headline attention for proposing to build units on a platform above Sunnyside Yard, a 180-acre freight and […]

Here’s what will actually move the needle on housing affordability

March 3, 2026 by bp56691

Housing affordability continues to dominate the headlines, but most proposed “solutions” rely on assumptions that are either unlikely or insufficient on their own. Falling interest rates, off-site construction, government subsidies and value engineering all play a role. None of them – individually or even together – as they are currently being pursued, will move the […]

Capital One joins BPC housing affordability council

February 27, 2026 by bp56691

Council members share insights and contribute to policy discussions related to housing supply, affordability and access.

Gov. Pritzker calls for zoning reform to buoy Illinois housing access

February 19, 2026 by bp56691

Illinois state lawmakers took up housing affordability last year. The results underwhelmed. Now, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pushing to put housing at the center of Illinois’ broader affordability agenda. “The problem is clear – rent is too high and home ownership is too far out of reach,” Pritzker said in his State of the State […]

What the Housing for the 21st Century Act means for real estate agents, lenders

February 12, 2026 by bp56691

If enacted, the reforms would mark one of the most aggressive federal efforts in decades to boost housing supply and market activity.