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San Diego to get more transit housing density as SB 79 row settles

July 6, 2026 by bp56691

San Diego has spent recent years earning a reputation as one of California’s most aggressive housing builders, streamlining permits citywide. But city leaders hesitated when state law required them to draw boundaries for new housing near neighborhood bus stops. San Diego officials proposed a far tighter map than regional and state regulators wanted. They limited […]

Newsom signs balanced budget with $1.7B locked-in for housing

June 30, 2026 by bp56691

This time last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state budget that included sweeping housing reforms that allowed urban residential developers to avoid rigorous environmental reviews. This year’s budget, which Newsom signed on Monday, does not carry the same historic housing reforms as last year. Instead, it is historic for balancing the budget. “For […]

DeSantis signs Live Local 4.0 housing reform into Florida law

June 29, 2026 by bp56691

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act on Friday, cementing the state’s commitment to building affordable housing. House Bill 1389 takes effect July 1. It extends state preemption of local zoning rules and closes a loophole that local governments used to discriminate against affordable housing projects with relative impunity. Since […]

The ROAD Act and the 26.4% regulatory cost stack on new homes

June 29, 2026 by bp56691

While Washington waits to see whether the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act becomes law by presidential signature, by inaction, by override, or not at all, homebuilders and developers already know the issue at stake does not wait. Here’s how regulatory cost adds up as a chokehold – not a theoretical – in the new-home […]

ROAD work ahead

June 24, 2026 by bp56691

A fiendishly brilliant advertising copywriter working for Benetton during the “hanging chads” Presidential election controversy in 1992 took a circa-1973 Yogi Berraism and transformed it for a New York City billboard on the heavily trafficked northbound West Side Highway. “It ain’t Oval ‘til it’s Oval!” the message read, as the matter made its way up […]

HUD aims to help multi-story manufactured housing go vertical

June 18, 2026 by bp56691

HUD proposed a rule to allow chassis free upper floors in manufactured homes, a change developers say can cut $5,000 to $10,000 per home.

Double-take double jeopardy: Housing surnames for $100

June 17, 2026 by bp56691

Housing readers see Clayton and Pulte in DC headlines and assume builder deals, even when stories are unrelated to housing companies.

New York reform prioritizes housing production over climate review

June 11, 2026 by bp56691

New York state’s most sweeping reform of a 50-year-old environmental review law is on the books. Gov. Kathy Hochul secured the changes as part of the state budget, cutting red tape on housing construction. Developers, municipalities and environmental advocates are watching to see how the law works in practice in the real world. Rules still […]

Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s sweeping housing reform package hits a wall

June 9, 2026 by bp56691

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s push to reshape the state’s housing landscape ended with nary a whimper last week, with no votes as National Homeownership Month began. His sweeping Building Up Illinois Developments plan stalled before the legislature adjourned, leaving the most ambitious housing proposals with little room to maneuver until fall. His plan sought to […]

May rent trends run sideways as multifamily supply stays strong

June 8, 2026 by bp56691

Policymakers have been making the case that more supply is a better check on housing costs than rent stabilization. May apartment rental data backs up that narrative. Rents ticked up modestly last month, the fifth consecutive month of sequential growth. But May’s reading was the lowest for that month since 2010, according to apartment data […]