Growing Chorus of Leaders Call for State to Act on Comprehensive Housing Reform Sacramento, CA – Today, California’s Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Controller Betty Yee, Treasurer ...
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Dec 4, 2018 · Blog
California YIMBY Sponsors Major New Housing Legislation
California YIMBY Sponsors Major New Housing Legislation “More HOMES Act” Gives Cities New Tools to Solve Housing Crisis, Prevent Renter Displacement Incentivizes New Housing Near ...
Dec 4, 2018 · Blog
California YIMBY Announces SB 50 – The More HOMES Act
Note: We launched a microsite to explain the More HOMES Act and share stories and facts. Check it out here. Today we’re proud to announce ...
Oct 1, 2018 · Blog
California YIMBY Applauds Governor Jerry Brown for Signing AB 2923
New Law Will Allow More Housing Near Bay Area Transit Stations Today California YIMBY released the following statement in support of Governor Jerry Brown signing ...
Oct 1, 2018 · Blog
California YIMBY Applauds Governor Jerry Brown for Signing SB 828
New Law Requires Cities to Match Zoning to Housing Goals Today California YIMBY released the following statement in support of Governor Jerry Brown signing SB ...
Sep 13, 2018 · Blog
Statement of California YIMBY regarding U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s View on Zoning and NIMBYs
Yesterday U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development released a statement via Twitter that claimed he is “Taking on the NIMBYs” by “reducing onerous zoning ...
Aug 17, 2018 · Articles
Los Angeles Times · Liam Dillon and Ben Poston
California homeowners get to pass low property taxes to their kids. It’s proved highly profitable to an elite group
Many descendants of California homeowners enjoy a significant perk that keeps their property tax bill low. Part of that is thanks to Proposition 13, which ...
Jul 25, 2018 · Articles
Strong Towns · Daniel Herriges
Why Are Developers Only Building Luxury Housing?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Developers in my city are only building luxury housing. They’re not building anything that ordinary people can ...
Jul 17, 2018 · Articles
CityLab · Benjamin Schneider
CityLab University: Inclusionary Zoning
If you’ve hung around the CityLab site, sat through a City Council meeting, or hobnobbed with a housing developer, you’ve probably run across the term ...
Jun 19, 2018 · Articles
Huffington Post · Michael Hobbes
America’s Housing Crisis Is A Ticking Time Bomb
By nearly every measure, the American housing sector is broken. For decades, city, state and federal policies have contributed to rising rents, falling subsidies and ...
Jun 18, 2018 · Articles
KPCC · David Wagner
Is California’s expensive housing scaring away job seekers?
Business leaders up and down the state say California’s expensive housing makes it challenging to recruit new workers — and to keep existing employees here. ...