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Akron looks to deflate minimum lot size rules to spur infill

June 5, 2026 by bp56691

Leaders in Akron, a heartland city nearly 40 miles south of Cleveland, hope to shed the city’s “Rust Belt” label and drive its emerging revival by making it easier to build new homes. To achieve the objective, planners believe they’re on the verge of eliminating minimum lot sizes to counteract a shrinking-city paradox. Population loss […]

Pennsylvania ADU bill clears House, heads to Senate

June 2, 2026 by bp56691

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared he intended to go big on housing. On Monday, at least one piece of that ambition cleared the state House with a bipartisan vote, setting up a tougher sell in the Republican-controlled Senate. The House passed House Bill 2186, requiring municipalities statewide to allow one accessory dwelling unit per residential […]

Mamdani’s $22 billion ‘grand bargain’ for NYC affordable housing

May 27, 2026 by bp56691

Zohran Mamdani ran for mayor on one promise: make New York City affordable again. This week, he moved to further dismantle the rules New York spent decades erecting to prevent residential density. Mamdani released a 10-year housing plan pledging to build 200,000 new affordable homes while preserving 200,000 more. “These are the most ambitious affordable […]

HUD urges states to cut fees, simplify codes and fast-track permits

May 20, 2026 by bp56691

HUD urges fee caps, code limits, and faster permits, citing over $100,000 in regulatory costs per new single-family home.

ROAD wins House nod, carving BTR out from institutional investor ban

May 20, 2026 by bp56691

House passed the ROAD to Housing Act 396-13, removing a 7-year BTR selloff rule while keeping a 350-home investor ban with carve-outs.

Fault lines surface as projects tap California’s CEQA exemption law

May 19, 2026 by bp56691

Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to boost the state’s housing supply and improve affordability. It’s working – but not without a fight. Developers wasted no time seizing the opportunity. A growing list of housing developments are securing exemptions from reviews […]

Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

May 12, 2026 by bp56691

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds of economic, building-technology, and political will. The hard truth is that, against a backdrop of a harsher-than-expected new-home sales season and a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment, the operating environment is making it harder to fund, […]

Poll: Americans want Congress to act on lowering housing costs

May 8, 2026 by bp56691

A Bipartisan Policy Center poll of 1,000 registered voters found 83% want Congress to act on housing affordability, while 89% want the House and Senate to pass a bill lowering costs.

State zoning preemption tested as Colorado lot bills fail

May 6, 2026 by bp56691

After years of pushing housing affordability reforms, Colorado legislators hit a wall — crashing up against the limits of how much zoning control they could strip from local governments. This year, they sought to require most cities to allow single-family homes on lots as small as 2,000 square feet, about a third the size of […]

Missouri may expand its first-time homebuyer savings tax break

May 5, 2026 by bp56691

Saving for a first home in Missouri is about to get a significant tax break – with a big if – provided the state Senate’s latest housing bill makes it through the House. Senate Bill 1001 passed the Senate this spring and now sits before a House committee. The bill includes a sweeping upgrade to […]