Recent Newsletters
Parking Bill introduced in Congress
Congressman Robert Garcia (Long Beach) introduced legislation—the People Over Parking Act—to ban minimum parking requirements for new affordable residential, retail, industrial, and commercial developments located near public transportation hubs in an effort to reduce [...]
Federal Support for Homelessness Announced
The Biden Administration announced a new program—The All INside Initiative—which will roll out in six places, comprised of the State of California and five major U.S. cities, including the City of Los Angeles. The [...]
Terner Center Releases Report on Homeownership in California
Terner Center Releases Report on Homeownership in California The Terner Center for Housing Innovation released a report on California’s homeownership challenges entitled The First Step is the Hardest: California’s Sliding Homeownership Ladder, which finds [...]
California Affordable Housing Needs Report for 2023 Released
California Affordable Housing Needs Report for 2023 Released The California Housing Partnership Corporation (CHPC) released its 2023 report on the state of housing in California, along with detailed statistics for all 58 counties. Among [...]
Bloomberg Highlights Racial Disparities in Home Appraisals
Bloomberg highlighted a new study by Junia Howell that looks at appraisals throughout the country to identify any racial disparities in the valuation of housing. The author uses data from the 2022 Federal Housing [...]
Senate Bill 450 Seeks to Strengthen Senate Bill 9
Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (San Diego) has introduced Senate Bill 450 to respond to roadblocks created by jurisdictions throughout the State in the implementation of Senate Bill 9 (2021), which eliminated single-family zoning [...]