Affordable Housing

CFC Grants Summary Judgment in Takings Case on Motion for Reconsideration

by Nancie G. Marzulla on 5/15/2013

Anaheim Gardens v. United States involved plaintiffs who filed suit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims claiming that the Government effected a taking of their contractual right to prepay government-insured mortgages on...more

Bill Introduced to Restore Cities' Ability to Require Affordable Housing

by Michael Hansen | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/2/2013

On February 22, California State Assembly Member Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, introduced a bill, AB 1229, to restore the ability of California cities and counties to require affordable housing as part of market-rate housing...more

China Real Estate Update

by Paul D. McKenzie, Gregory Sin Oon Tan | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/22/2013

China property prices have continued to trend upward despite the government’s previous efforts to cool the real estate market. Such efforts include, among others, limiting the number of residential properties that a household...more

Bipartisan Policy Center Proposes New Directions for National Housing Policy

by Sharon Wilson Geno, Amy Glassman, Nydia Pouyes | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/1/2013

The Housing Commission of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) recently released proposals for reforming federal housing policy. The Housing Commission report, issued on February 25, 2013, proposes a number of changes to...more

The Supreme Judicial Court Declares that Inexpensive Market-Rate Housing May Not Be Counted in Determining a Town’s Compliance...

by Nicholas Cramb, Caitie Hill | Mintz Levin - Real Estate on 1/15/2013

On Tuesday, in Zoning Board of Appeals of Lunenburg v. Housing Appeals Committee, the Supreme Judicial Court soundly rejected a zoning board of appeals’ argument that inexpensive market-rate homes may be counted toward a...more

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CFC Grants Summary Judgment in Takings Case on Motion for Reconsideration

Bill Introduced to Restore Cities' Ability to Require Affordable Housing

China Real Estate Update

Bipartisan Policy Center Proposes New Directions for National Housing Policy

The Supreme Judicial Court Declares that Inexpensive Market-Rate Housing May Not Be Counted in Determining a Town’s Compliance...

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