Policy
California Breaks CEQA Barrier To Reignite Housing Production
Championed aggressively by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the historic environmental law reform unlocks the potential for infill housing—and could become a model for other high-barrier states.
Policy
Steps Toward Reform: Get Past The NIMBY Versus YIMBY War
Housing affordability – when it comes to working households' access to homes near where they work – comes down to the ground, its entitlement, and the first costs and carrying expense of getting title to the dirt.
Policy
The Near- And Medium-Term Future Of Housing Is On '22 Ballot
The 2022 midterm elections will likely meaningfully impact lives, livelihoods, assets, entities, and going-concerns orbiting the sphere of homes, neighborhoods, shelter, and what it will take to make more of them all.
Policy
Confidence Or Not, Now's Time To Look At Challenge As Opportunity
As builder sentiment finds its floor, here's a longterm-ist look at where to focus.
Land
A Land Reset Can Lower Costs, But It'll Also Take A New Deal With Locals
Innovations to lower building costs will only get builders and developers part of the way to affordability. Disruptive deals to engage local property owners in enlightened self-interest will also need to happen.
Technology
In The Thrall Of The Fed, Operators Tap Tech To Harden Against Risk
As higher and higher finance costs upend pro forma margins and depress land valuations, we'll see a culling of the weak vs. strong players in the BTR space over the next six to 18 months.
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