Housing: Page 4

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    Homeless veterans get supportive housing leg-up with HUD policy change

    Expanded eligibility and a $20 million investment in local agencies will get more veterans into housing, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • Aug. 9, 2024
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    Relocation first is San Francisco’s new homelessness strategy

    With a report that shows 40% of the city's homeless population comes from elsewhere, San Francisco can't "solve the housing and behavioral health needs of people across our country," Mayor London Breed said.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • Aug. 6, 2024
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    2,500 homes slated for former basketball arena site in Sacramento, California

    The 183-acre master-planned community is one of several new multifamily projects underway on or near sports arenas across the U.S.

    By Mary Salmonsen • Aug. 1, 2024
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    $36M for low-income housing energy efficiency available from US DOE grants

    Local governments and other entities can get up to $2 million each for weatherization and workforce training efforts.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • Aug. 1, 2024
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    More housing, fewer offices: San Francisco mayor proposes zoning change

    Certain projects currently must include a minimum amount of office space. The city’s proposed legislation would change that.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • July 30, 2024
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    Boston has a new anti-rat plan. Here are 3 takeaways.

    “We’re working to make Boston a home for everyone. Except for rats," Mayor Michelle Wu said as the city released a report by a leading urban rat researcher.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • July 18, 2024
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    Seattle encourages office-to-residential conversions with new law

    The city's mayor said Seattle needs to take advantage of every tool available to fend off a housing shortage as downtown buildings sit empty.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • July 15, 2024
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    Opinion

    The White House just took steps to combat housing discrimination. States and local governments should follow.

    As the country’s eviction epidemic grows, lawmakers must take aim at tenant screening practices locking millions out of affordable housing.

    By Jasmine Rangel • July 9, 2024
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    Boston was the first major city to pair fair housing with zoning. How’s it going?

    Community input was key to the policy’s passage but should be a larger part of the review process it created, advocates say. 

    By Kalena Thomhave • July 8, 2024
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    Homelessness in Dallas area is down after response transformation

    As service providers try a new approach to closing encampments, unsheltered homelessness has dropped 24% in Texas' Dallas and Collin counties since 2021.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • July 2, 2024
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    Cities, states to knock down affordable housing barriers with $85M from HUD

    Barriers to affordable housing development include expensive land and insufficient infrastructure, Vice President Kamala Harris said on a Wednesday teleconference.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • June 28, 2024
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    US Supreme Court rules Oregon city’s homelessness laws not ‘cruel and unusual’

    The decision elicited swift reactions from stakeholders across the country, including officials in the city where the case began: Grants Pass, Oregon.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • Updated June 28, 2024
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    What US mayors want from the next president, Congress

    The creation of a first-ever city mental health block grant, affordable housing investments and gun safety legislation are among the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ requests.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • June 27, 2024
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    Clark makes headway on first affordable housing project in Tysons, Virginia

    Amazon is funding $56 million of the project through its housing equity fund.

    By Zachary Phillips • June 25, 2024
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    The most sought-after destinations for renters this spring

    Select Midwest metros remain the most popular cities searched for by apartment hunters.

    By Mary Salmonsen • June 18, 2024
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    NYC approves second set of zoning changes

    The changes aim to boost commercial corridors, promote life sciences activity and bolster manufacturing in the city. One ends a decades-old rule that barred certain commercial building uses.

    By Joe Burns • June 13, 2024
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    5 US cities prime for office-to-residential conversions

    An Urban Institute analysis names the cities that could benefit most from adaptive reuse projects based on office real estate markets and housing supply needs.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • June 6, 2024
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    States see wave of squatting-related legislation

    Florida, New York and other states passed laws this spring enabling removal of residents who are not legal occupants. Similar bills are being considered in other jurisdictions.

    By Mary Salmonsen • May 29, 2024
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    EPA launches new Energy Star residential standard

    Requirements for certification include heat pumps, resident electric vehicle charging stations, electric cooking appliances and highly energy-efficient construction.

    By Mary Salmonsen • May 17, 2024
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    To win the war on rats, NYC convenes National Urban Rat Summit

    “The best way to defeat our enemy is to know our enemy,” Mayor Eric Adams said. Municipal experts from cities across the U.S. will be in attendance.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • May 17, 2024
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    Rents are on the rise again, moving close to all-time highs

    New York City is the market with the strongest year-over-year rent growth this month.

    By Mary Salmonsen • May 15, 2024
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    Hawai’i counties can regulate short-term rentals under new law

    Some local leaders have voiced support for reducing short-term rentals in their area as the state faces a housing affordability crisis.

    By Noelle Mateer • May 9, 2024
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    HUD’s $4.8B green retrofit program announces first construction project deal

    A new heat pump system will replace the existing gas-powered system at an apartment community housing low-income older adults.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • May 9, 2024
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    A unique zoning policy creates financial certainty, affordable housing developers say

    “I can actually know what my costs are,” a housing authority’s executive director said of one city’s zoning overlay, which relaxes certain requirements for 100% affordable housing.

    By Adina Solomon • May 7, 2024
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    Colorado’s for-cause eviction bill signed into law

    Colorado is the sixth U.S. state to establish a law that prevents landlords from evicting tenants or denying lease renewals without cause.

    By Mary Salmonsen • May 3, 2024