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NYC luxury home tax moves ahead while courts review lawsuit
A Staten Island judge ordered a halt to the city’s rollout of a new “pied-à-terre” tax. The city’s appeal stayed the order.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 13, 2026 -
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Adding to Texas housing affordability challenges are soaring home insurance prices
Premiums have surged 30% in Texas in the past five years, while median income has only grown 3%, a study by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University found.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 12, 2026 -
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From worsening climate change to a shifting transportation landscape and the housing affordability crisis, cities have their work cut out for them.
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Changes to HUD homelessness aid again blocked by court
The agency’s new criteria for access to $4 billion in funding for local governments to address homelessness failed to follow administrative procedures, a Rhode Island judge ruled.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 10, 2026 -
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For local governments, full benefits of ROAD to Housing Act could take years, analysis shows
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act adds to the U.S. Department of Housing and Development's workload — with a significantly reduced staff.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 7, 2026 -
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Single-staircase reforms aim to boost middle-scale housing in Michigan
The reforms will make smaller-scale apartment buildings cheaper and easier to build, officials say.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 5, 2026 -
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Public benefits of land use don’t outweigh local zoning, New Jersey Supreme Court says
The ruling was hailed by the state’s municipal league as a major win for local authority.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 4, 2026 -
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LA homelessness ticks up after two years of declines
Funding cuts in Los Angeles city and county are the primary cause for increased homelessness this year, local agencies say.
By Ryan Kushner • Aug. 3, 2026 -
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Seattle pares back environmental review appeals in effort to ramp up housing development
The reform eliminates an administrative step that has held up new zoning and housing planning efforts, advocates say.
By Ryan Kushner • July 31, 2026 -
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These cities’ short-term rental income spiked the most from the World Cup
A 60% average surge in short-term rental income was not evenly distributed among host cities, an analysis found — largely due to local regulations.
By Ryan Kushner • July 30, 2026 -
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HUD funding changes spur lawsuit from fair housing groups
Funding for more than 100 nonprofit fair housing organizations nationwide is in jeopardy following a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program revision, the lawsuit states.
By Ryan Kushner • July 28, 2026 -
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Cybersecurity incident disrupts DC housing authority for weeks
Limited sensitive information was compromised in the June attack, the housing authority said.
By Ryan Kushner • July 27, 2026 -
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Encampment removal lawsuit elevated to class action against Berkeley, California
Berkeley’s encampment removal practices violate the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act, the plaintiffs argue.
By Ryan Kushner • July 23, 2026 -
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Parking minimums axed in most of North Carolina
The new legislation will spur more housing development, Gov. Josh Stein says.
By Ryan Kushner • July 22, 2026 -
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California takes 5 cities to court over failure to meet housing planning deadlines
“California can’t solve the housing crisis while some cities sit on their hands and dare us to do something about it,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
By Ryan Kushner • July 21, 2026 -
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Inclusionary housing mandates targeted in San Francisco’s bid to spur development
A proposal to reduce the requirement from 15% to a minimum of 5% inclusionary housing in select areas got approval from city supervisors this week.
By Ryan Kushner • July 17, 2026 -
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Amid push for 222K new homes, Massachusetts eases variance request requirements
The reform measure asks local zoning boards to weigh variance requests for their potential benefits to the community.
By Ryan Kushner • July 16, 2026 -
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Bipartisan federal housing bill becomes law
Widely championed by municipal groups, the bill provides more federal housing funding and new financing tools and could ease some regulatory burdens.
By Julie Strupp • July 13, 2026 -
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LA to get 4,000 affordable housing units via adaptive reuse, new construction
The former LA World Trade Center will be converted into 512 affordable units to kick off the effort.
By Julie Strupp • July 8, 2026 -
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4 takeaways from the NLIHC national renter survey
Many renters facing unaffordable rents lack other housing options, according to the 2025 National Renter Survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
By Ryan Kushner • July 7, 2026 -
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$900M in homelessness funding restored to California local governments
The state nearly doubled its prior proposal to fund a program that city leaders have called “the backbone of the state’s local homelessness response system.”
By Ryan Kushner • July 6, 2026 -
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Judge rules against HUD’s ‘rapid, untimely overhaul’ of homeless funding
Although the agency’s “hastily” made changes were deemed procedurally incorrect, the court denied a request to block anti-housing-first policy changes in the next round of Continuum of Care grants.
By Ryan Kushner • July 2, 2026 -
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Aging, mobility and resilience projects get $8.3M from AARP
Fast-track projects ranging from safer streets and transit access to home-sharing and disaster preparedness were among those funded at a record level this year.
By Vicky Uhland • July 1, 2026 -
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How a changing US immigration landscape is impacting the housing crisis
Housing demand is falling due to restrictive immigration policies, but the affordable housing shortage continues, says the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
By Ryan Kushner • June 30, 2026 -
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This low-cost housing option is expensive to build. New law, regulatory tweaks could change that.
Rule changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Congress’ pending Road to Housing Act could clear the way for cheaper manufactured homes. But will cities accept them?
By Ryan Kushner • June 26, 2026 -
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These 10 metro areas have added the most housing units since 2020: report
Texas metro areas have led the nation’s 6.6% uptick in metro-area housing units, an Urban Institute analysis found.
By Ryan Kushner • June 25, 2026
