Cities, suburbs helped ensure housing density measures’ defeat despite broad support
Peter Callaghan · MinnPost · 24 April 2024
Having the state require more density in single-family housing zones as well as making it harder for cities to block multifamily buildings in commercial zones was portrayed as a threat to local control.
America’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Conor Dougherty · New York Times · 27 March 2024
Tens of millions of families, across red and blue states, struggle with rent and home prices. The reason is a longstanding housing shortage.
Opinion: The Minnesota building code should loosen up about single-stair buildings
Bill Lindeke · MinnPost · 18 March 2024
Larger apartment buildings are built with two staircases, but the requirement hurts efforts to improve access to affordable housing, especially for families.
Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits
Debra Kamin · New York Times · 15 March 2024
The National Association of Realtors will pay $418 million in damages and will amend several rules that housing experts say will drive down housing costs.
The Surprising Left-Right Alliance That Wants More Apartments in Suburbs
Conor Dougherty · New York Times · 9 March 2024
Legislators from both sides of the political divide are working to add duplexes and apartments to single-family neighborhoods.
Bill would limit companies buying, renting out single-family homes
Madison McVan · Minnesota Reformer · 6 March 2024
A bill authored by Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis, would prevent companies from purchasing and renting out single-family homes en masse.
Developers Got Backing for Affordable Housing. Then the Neighborhood Found Out.
Jason DeParle · New York Times · 1 March 2024
The push from an affluent community in South Carolina to kill a plan for 60 subsidized apartments brought into public view how hard it is to give low-income families access to opportunity-rich neighborhoods.
It’s Massachusetts v. Milton in a key test of state’s ambitious new housing law
Andrew Brinker · Boston Globe · 27 February 2024
The court case could represent a defining moment for Massachusetts’ most ambitious
housing law in decades.
Bill looks to supersede residential zoning rules across Minnesota
Josie Albertson-Grove · StarTribune · 21 February 2024
A bipartisan group of legislators want to relax local zoning rules that block apartments from being built in many Minnesota cities.
Want to reform housing? Take a look at parking.
Molly Bolan · Route Fifty · 8 February 2024
The expectation of easy and free parking is partly behind the country’s housing shortage, putting more pressure on state and local leaders to rethink the ubiquitous parking infrastructure.