Recent Newsletters
State Bills Continue to Be Amended and Heard in Committees
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas kicked off the 2025-26 California legislative session in January with a very public commitment to combat the state's soaring cost of living. So far, this has manifested through members hosting [...]
Status of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan for a California and Housing and Homelessness Agency
The Governor’s 2025-26 Budget Summary, released in January, proposed the creation of a California Housing and Homelessness Agency and a California Consumer Protection Agency using the formal governmental reorganization process, which will begin before [...]
New HUD Secretary Leading Drastic Program and Staff Cuts at HUD
With the confirmation of Scott Turner, a former developer and Texas state legislator, as the new Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) [...]
Continuing Resolution Likely to Extend Federal Budget Negotiations Past March
Lawmakers have until midnight on March 14, 2025, to pass a final FY 25 spending agreement, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune has recently indicated the high likelihood of passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) [...]
Notable New State Bills Tackle Streamlining, RHNA, and Housing Finance
Friday, February 21, 2025, marked the deadline for bills that lawmakers in the State Capitol could introduce. This was the first year that leaders in the Legislature imposed introduction limits of 35 bills per [...]
Seattle Social Housing Developer Builds Greater Momentum Around Social Housing
In February, the City of Seattle voters approved Proposition 1A to fund the previously approved Seattle Social Housing Developer, a public development authority that will create social housing in Seattle. The City of Seattle has [...]