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As an update to our April 1, 2025, article, the Leesburg City Commission voted on April 14, 2025, to deny the proposed annexation and residential development moratorium....more
CHICAGO—City Begins Converting Loop Office Buildings to Housing -Chicago’s La Salle Corridor Revitalization Initiative kicked off last week, beginning with the transformation of a historic 14-story Loop office building into...more
City Council Begins Repeal of Center City Sixers Arena Legislation - During Thursday’s meeting, the City Council initiated the repeal of legislation for the since-abandoned Center City Sixers arena project. The Council also...more
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, the City Planning Commission certified for public review zoning map and text amendment applications (the Proposal) that would create a new Special Midtown South Mixed-Use District (MSX Special...more
CHICAGO — Data Shows City’s Labor Market Stabilizing - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said the latest jobs report suggests the labor market is stabilizing at full employment and is not a sign of an...more
The New York City Council on Dec. 5, 2024, approved the third and final proposal of Mayor Eric Adams' City of Yes zoning initiative, the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity (COY HO). COY HO is a comprehensive set of changes...more
New York City’s zoning regulations have undergone sweeping changes with a tripartite initiative known as City of Yes. City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality and City of Yes for Economic Opportunity were approved in late 2023 and...more
On November 20, 2024, Governor Healy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2024 (the “PEA”) into law as part of the Mass Leads Act. Effective immediately, the PEA extends the term of a wide array of permits and approvals in...more
Chicago enacted the “Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance,” an ordinance that many are referring to as the “anti-gentrification” ordinance. Despite the grandiose moniker, the ordinance breaks down to two specific...more
Osceola County, City of St. Cloud, and City of Mt. Dora are all set to vote on proposed increases to impact fees that, if approved, will substantially increase the cost of development in these jurisdictions. Below is...more
On December 14, 2023, Mayor Breed approved “Housing Constraints Legislation” passed by the City and County of San Francisco (City) Board of Supervisors, which is intended to streamline housing production, as required by the...more
A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco - S.F. housing production slows to crawl as state goals loom (San Francisco Chronicle): The Planning Department’s annual housing...more
The City of Rockville has launched the rewrite of its Zoning Ordinance to modernize it and implement the 2040 Comprehensive Plan of the City of Rockville (2040 Plan). Because the city anticipates the rewrite to be a lengthy...more
The Ordinance - In 2019, an inclusionary zoning ordinance was implemented in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Inclusionary ordinances aim to provide affordable housing to low-income families....more
With the advent of short-term rental solutions such as Sonder, Domio, Guild, and others, the private sector was significantly ahead of the curve in expanding upon housing typology. Their ultimate success was, however, limited...more
LA's massive new rezoning plan could lead to the construction of 255,000 new housing units by 2029 - Spectrum News – October 14 - The city of Los Angeles is short nearly 500,000 units, according to the Los Angeles Housing...more
On June 17, the New York City Council approved legislation (Intro. No. 1572-B of 2019) that would require specific land use applications to include "racial equity reports." Under the law, which would go into effect on June 1,...more
As Holland & Knight has previously reported, California courts have consistently enforced state housing laws that preempt land use and planning decisions by local governments. (See previous Holland & Knight alerts, "Court of...more
160D & Ordinance Updates: Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill have recently adopted text amendments to update their development ordinances to be consistent with the new NCGS Chapter 160D. New regulations include modified...more
Draft building code urges more electric, less gas - The Bakersfield Californian – May 9 - A newly released draft of California's 2022 building code proposes the most ambitious electrification policies in the country...more
The Town of Smithtown is considering the adoption of a local law that would allow residential uses as part of mixed-use developments in the Hauppauge Industrial Park. The proposal follows on the heels of an April 2019 report...more
The San Francisco Jobs Housing Linkage Fee (JHLF) is set to more than double under the “Housing for SF Workers” ordinance recently passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Ordinance). Mayor London Breed refused to...more
On January 1, 2020, several housing-related bills recently signed into law by the Governor take effect. We will explain the upcoming changes in housing law through a series of updates. Our first update provided information...more
On October 9, 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 330, or the “Housing Crisis Act of 2019” in an effort to combat California’s current housing shortage, which has resulted in the highest rents and lowest...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday October 9, 2019, a major set of restrictions on the actions California cities and counties may take to impede housing development. Senate Bill 330 broadly aims to...more