House Bill 1001's final version broadens by-right approval for certain housing types and reduces some local zoning, design and fee authority. However, it permits communities to opt out of key provisions and introduces new rules for impact fees, residential tax-increment financing and state housing infrastructure financing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
