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fromABC7 San Francisco
2 weeks agoSF Mayor Daniel Lurie to give 1st State of the City address
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie will deliver his first State of the City address Thursday morning. He is set to highlight that San Francisco is "on the rise" and that neighborhoods are thriving once again. MORE: San Francisco eyes new strategy to put an end to drug markets: Here's what we know He's also expected to highlight his first-year accomplishments, including public safety improvements and a reduction in crime statistics along with an aggressive approach to homelessness and the drug epidemic.
SF politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks agoNC lawmakers revive housing reform agenda, taking on its cities
North Carolina lawmakers once again will try to pass statewide housing reform in a Tar Heel State push to catch up with several of its own cities. Several bills on the agenda this session prioritize housing affordability. They would preempt local control on parking, housing types, and permitting timelines. The measures would apply to all of North Carolina's districts the same types of reforms that cities such as Raleigh and Durham have already codified.
US politics
US politics
fromBusiness Matters
2 months agoMamdani's Mayoral Win: Lessons and Warnings for the UK
A democratic socialist campaign prioritising immigrant rights, housing reform, and wealth redistribution raises UK right-of-centre concerns about immigration pressure, economic impact, and public services.
fromBusiness Insider
5 months agoCongress is pushing a key reform to make manufactured starter homes cheaper
On day one, chassis reform cuts $10,000 off a type of home that is already sold in the market in the hundreds of thousands. There's not a lot else that Congress can do in one fell swoop to cut 10% off the price of any home.
Real estate
fromHomebuilding
6 months agoThe new planning reforms that could help self-builders fix Britain's broken housing market
The government has committed to supporting self-build and custom housebuilding through a new £16 billion National Housing Bank, helping individuals and small builders get projects off the ground.
Renovation
fromFox News
6 months agoResurfaced video shows NYC mayoral hopeful saying he wants to replace private homes with communal living
Mamdani asserts, "Why do so many people end up homeless? It's not because there aren't enough homes to go around, there are plenty of empty homes. No. It's because housing people is not a primary goal of developers or landlords. Their goal, simply put, is to make a profit."
NYC politics
fromsfist.com
6 months agoNewsom Signs Major Rollback of CEQA Reviews, With a Big Carve-Out for Big Tech
Gavin Newsom claims it's the most consequential housing reform in modern history that he just exempted most urban housing projects from environmental review, as the new state budget has some additions that hope to weaken the notorious CEQA.
California
Real estate
fromBenzinga
7 months agoUS Housing Market Is 'Not Just Broken, It's Rigged,' Says Craig Shapiro As Mamdani Vows To Build 200,000 Publicly Subsidized Homes, Freeze Rent In NYC - Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF (ARCA:DFGR), iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (ARCA:IYR)
Economist Craig Shapiro advocates for a national housing policy overhaul to address a rigged market favoring homeowners and investors over renters.
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