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May 2026 Newsletter
Federal Housing Reform Advances Alongside Legal Pushback and Market Concerns
In the weeks following Senate passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, federal housing policy has continued to evolve through a combination of [...]
2026: A Year of Transformation and Transition for California Housing
At this stage of the California legislative cycle, attention typically focuses on the fate of new legislation and the pending state budget. This year, [...]
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What We’re Reading
REPORTS / RESOURCES
Key Advances Toward a One-Stop Shop for Affordable Housing in California | Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley | April 2026
Enabling Environments: Local Strategies for the Redevelopment of Public Land | Lincoln Institute of Land Policy | April 2026
Beyond Urban Renewal: Retooling Redevelopment Authorities to Create Social Housing in Massachusetts | Harvard Joint Center for Housing | April 2026
Has Adding More Homes Than People Eased California’s Housing Crisis? | Public Policy Institute of California | April 2026
Revolving Loan Funds: The Hottest Trend in Housing Finance | Remapping Debate | May 2026
ARTICLES/MEDIA
Multifamily Housing Starts rose in March, but Permits Fell | Construction Dive | May 1, 2026
Your Guide to the California Governor Candidates’ Views on Housing and Homelessness | LA Times | April 30, 2026
Trump Administration Proposes Rolling Back Gender Identity Protections in Federal Housing | Stateline | April 28, 2026
Using AI to Map Homelessness | Axios | April 21, 2026
California Blocks Trump Administration from Withholding Homelessness Funds | CalMatters | April 21, 2026
Making Money for Housing Go Further | Shelterforce | April 21, 2026
More Than 200,000 Lost Their Homes in the L.A. County Fires. For People Already on the Streets, the Damage Ran Deeper | LA Times | April 16, 2026
New York City to Spend $4 Billion From Pension Funds on Affordable Homes | New York Times | April 16, 2026
Cities Scramble to Comply with or Fight Major State Housing Law | Calmatters | April 15, 2026
Hundreds of Affordable Housing Units Funded by New L.A. County Agency | LA Times | April 15, 2026