HUD urges states to cut fees, simplify codes and fast-track permits
HUD urges fee caps, code limits, and faster permits, citing over $100,000 in regulatory costs per new single-family home.
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ROAD wins House nod, carving BTR out from institutional investor ban
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
North Carolina Let Them Build Act targets environmental reviews
As North Carolina House Democrats take another swing at sweeping housing reform, a Democratic senator is seeking to streamline environmental reviews to accelerate construction. Sen. Woodson Bradley filed the “Let Them Build Act” on Thursday afternoon, days after House colleagues filed a bill titled “Relieving Housing Bottlenecks” to address the state’s affordable housing crisis. For […]
With the Hill in limbo on ROAD Act, the toll on BTR projects climbs
A bipartisan letter questions Section 901 as developers cite frozen lending and lost projects as a result of the provision.
Colorado lawmakers act to reality-check Prop 123 housing targets
Nearly four years ago, Colorado voters approved a special fund to address the affordable housing crisis following Covid-19. Meeting the fund’s objectives, however, proved harder for participating cities than expected. State legislators are now scrambling to fix that. The Senate passed House Bill 1313 on Thursday with amendments. It is headed back to the House, […]