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
The Prez's Gambit: Use $2-Trillion To Upend Zoning Constraints
The White House's $2 trillion infrastructure plan weaves a transformative approach to housing as a solution into its jobs, transportation, water, power, and digital access ecosystem.
Policy
Epic Stretch For Housing Leaders: Local Land-Use Policy Wars
A land-use policy update: Pandemic, economic, and social upheaval foretell a more diverse and inclusive future of towns and cities.
Policy
Path To Add H-2B Building Crew Visas Vanishes In Border Crisis
Hopes for progress on expanding H-2B temporary visa caps and rules all but vanished as the 2021 crisis at the southern U.S. border fuels a partisan brawl.
Policy
Housing Solutions-Seekers Put Racial Inequity In The Crosshairs
Housing's tale of two realities, White and Black, collided full-force a year ago with health, economic, and social-justice upheavals. Leaders must address this triplex of crises wholly.
Policy
Code Rage: When Politics Poisons Policy, Nobody Wins
The International Code Council announced a new "framework" for code development. A dispute intensified. Now what?