Zoning – Cantilever Real Estate

Spanberger’s Virginia housing agenda falls short on local pushback

March 18, 2026 by bp56691

New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s first-year housing agenda delivered new money and new tools for affordable housing preservation, but it fell short on the package’s biggest supply-side proposal: a statewide push to allow multifamily housing by right in many commercially zoned areas. A pair of bills would have required local zoning codes to allow multifamily […]

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 While removing red tape and outdated zoning laws might formalize more homes on paper, local fee structures still decide whether those homes are actually built.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 […]

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.

How a state bar filing could derail a California upzoning plan

January 27, 2026 by bp56691

The latest “not in my backyard” tactic in California’s local zoning disputes and state housing law battles? Filing a complaint with the state bar association. A case in point: An attorney who failed in an effort to derail a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., upzoning lodged a complaint with the California State Bar about a March […]

Florida lawmakers muscle up on a raft of new housing reforms

January 20, 2026 by bp56691

One of the nation’s most aggressive housing policy reform agendas of the post-pandemic era greets Florida lawmakers as they enter their 2026 legislative session bent on improving housing affordability. With a coordinated set of “fix” bills, Sunshine State lawmakers want to add more muscle to the state’s workforce housing program. Proposed legislation would legalize more […]

Spanberger’s Virginia housing agenda falls short on local pushback

Local fees trap state housing affordability reforms in a vicious circle

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

How a state bar filing could derail a California upzoning plan

Florida lawmakers muscle up on a raft of new housing reforms

Maryland bids for deeper reforms to address housing affordability

NAR legislative priorities for 2026 focus on housing supply, affordability

Connecticut rolls back zoning limits to target housing shortage

Experts offer multi-faceted solutions to the housing supply shortage