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Senate Housing Affordability Bill Clears the Senate but Faces a Harder Test

Senate Housing Affordability Bill could expand housing supply and curb investor pressure, but House negotiations will decide how much reform survives.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/senate-housing-affordability-bill/

Hacker News Nov 29

The Great Downzoning

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-great-downzoning/

#HackerNews #The #Great #Downzoning #urbanplanning #housingpolicy #zoningreform #communitydevelopment

The Great Downzoning - Works in Progress Magazine

It was once legal to build almost anything, anywhere. Then, in the space of a few decades, nearly every city in the West banned densification.

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Lyle Solla-Yates Oct 30, 2024

It was very helpful and sort of joyful to meet with our counterparts in the County. It is hard for us to solve problems separately. I hope it is easier to solve problems together. I used my time to talk up #zoningreform , #landvaluetax , and #parkingreform and tying capital improvement planning to comprehensive planning and shouted out @alfredtwu ‘s wonderful #missingsmall graphic https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~atwu/alfred/art/missing-small.jpg

Lyle Solla-Yates Sep 17, 2024

I just learned of the battle between #louisville and #kentucky over whether more affordable #housing types should be permitted there. "I think it stops the momentum. I think it worsens the crisis" https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/kentucky-lawmakers-seek-freeze-on-louisville-land-code-changes/article_ed876410-e7b1-11ee-8951-3b61116736d2.html #zoning #zoningreform #shortage #predatorydelay #inflation #economy #jobs

Lyle Solla-Yates Apr 29, 2024

https://www.yahoo.com/news/law-ended-single-family-zoning-100032839.html “The only way that interpretation is right is if the Legislature is a house full of idiots” #california #zoning #housing #equity #zoningreform #segregation

Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities

An L.A. County judge ruled Senate Bill 9 unconstitutional in a case brought by five Southern California cities. If upheld on appeal, it could restore single-...

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Lyle Solla-Yates Apr 25, 2024

https://www.wfdd.org/story/greensboro-city-council-amends-regulations-accessory-dwelling-units “These provisions are one efficient way to encourage the development of additional housing to meet our community's growing needs without additional public subsidy” #housing #greensboro #zoning #aarp #zoningreform #inflation

Greensboro City Council amends regulations for accessory dwelling units

The City Council voted unanimously to amend its land development ordinance for accessory units Tuesday as officials look to increase housing options.

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Lyle Solla-Yates Apr 23, 2024

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/charlottesville-making-strides-to-end-affordable-housing-crisis-city-realtors-developers-and-employees-agree/article_9ffc381a-fe95-11ee-9f72-c7b466cdf792.html “We started with affordable housing” #cville #zoning #housing #shortage #inflation #zoningreform #equity

Charlottesville making strides to end affordable housing crisis, city Realtors, developers and employees agree

“We’re still learning, but we’re ready to grow."

The Daily Progress

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Lyle Solla-Yates Apr 22, 2024

This was part of the inspiration for what got me thinking seriously about #zoningreform and #buildingcodereform , looking at the wonderful pre-zoning buildings in #cville from 1929 and before we fight to preserve and wondering why we stopped getting them. We banned them!