Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of New Developments in Payment Systems on Low-Income Consumers
Creative Housing Solutions Pop Up Across Oregon
Affordable Housing on the Front Range: Inclusionary Housing Ordinances and the New Middle Income Housing Authority
Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act
Homeless Assistance Centers and the NIMBY Response
Taking Advantage of Opportunity Zones: A Panel Discussion
Episode 28: Universal Basic Income – Not as Far Off as You May Think
The American Southwest is experiencing a notable shift in its approach to addressing affordable housing shortages. California, Nevada, and Arizona are exploring and debating various zoning relief measures to incentivize...more
The Connecticut General Assembly recently passed a bill requiring municipalities to assess properties used solely for low and moderate-income housing based on the capitalized value of their net rental income....more
Last week, Treasury Secretary Yellen announced new efforts by the Treasury Department to increase the nation’s housing supply. Some of the initiatives Secretary Yellen discussed included...more
The City of Denver adopted changes to its Expanding Housing Affordability (EHA) ordinances that extend the deadlines to receive final site development plan (SDP) approval in order to qualify for exemption from the EHA...more
Following the City and County of Denver’s (“City”) establishment of the Expanding Housing Affordability Ordinance (“EHA”), the City’s Department of Housing Stability (“HOST”) proposed a new policy focused on challenging...more
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced the 2024 Area Median Income (AMI) and Rent Limits for counties statewide. These numbers are impactful on a number of levels, but are extremely important...more
A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco - San Francisco’s Montgomery Street Could Signal a Downtown Revival (NY Times): Why a seven-block stretch of Montgomery Street, from the...more
On February 28, 2024, the Florida House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”), previously unanimously approved by the Florida Senate by a vote of 112 to 1. SB 328, regarded as the Live Local Act 2024 (“LLA...more
Voters in San Francisco and California will again confront a formidable ballot during the election on March 5, 2024, with an array of qualified City measures and one state proposition to consider....more
The Florida Legislature continues to modify the proposed changes to the Live Local Act (Act) through the latest version of Senate Bill 328 (SB 328), passed on February 7, 2024. For background on the original Act, see “Live...more
As expected, within days of the opening day of the 2024 Legislative Session came two proposed “clarification glitch” bills containing several proposed amendments to the Live Local Act. Senate Bill 328, sponsored by Senator...more
In response to a shortage of affordable middle-income housing in the United States, legislators recently introduced the Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, which includes significant financial incentives for developers, to help...more
One in five U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2021. This represents 57.8 million people. However, only 47.2% of U.S. adults with mental illness received treatment in 2021. The country is deep in a behavioral health...more
Gig Economy & Technology- DETROIT — Electric Delivery Startup BrightDrop Becomes Part of GM- BrightDrop, a General Motors (GM) commercial electric vehicle startup formed in 2021, will no longer operate as a subsidiary and...more
On September 5, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors finally passed on second reading two pieces of legislation, together referred to as the “Housing Fee Reform Plan.” The Plan, previously discussed on July 7, July 21, and...more
A recent case addressed landlords’ refusal to accept Section 8 vouchers. The issue before the Court in People v. Commons W., 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 23213, (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2023) was whether New York’s source of income...more
Summary - Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its highly anticipated Supplement to the RAD Notice (Supplement), which makes a number of changes to the current Rental Assistance...more
Background - On March 29, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 102, otherwise known as the Live Local Act (“LLA” or “Act”), into law, representing a large investment for housing efforts, one of the largest in...more
On July 6, 2023, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed into law a provision to exempt certain affordable housing projects from the city’s Site Plan Review Process. The exemption was made as an amendment to Site Plan Review...more
Last month, leaders from various backgrounds in affordable housing—financiers, developers, architects, lawyers and designers—convened in Los Angeles for Bisnow’s Affordable Housing Summit to share insights and unique...more
We were thrilled to be back—live and in-person—for Ballard Spahr’s 18th annual National Housing Conference last month. Not surprisingly, overcoming challenges in development and preservation of multifamily housing emerged as...more
In a decision partially published on November 30, 2022, Save Lafayette v. City of Lafayette, the First Appellate District Court of Appeal upheld the City of Lafayette’s approval of the Terraces of Lafayette (the “Project”), a...more
The availability of “affordable housing” has become a major issue in many cities, counties and states across the United States, and South Carolina is no exception. To help address the affordable housing shortage, in 2020,...more
The moniker “affordable” and “workforce” housing can mean different things to different stakeholders. Most will agree that localities and states have recognized a need to provide reasonably priced homes for our workforce and...more
As Town Meeting season approaches for many towns across Massachusetts, citizens will vote on zoning articles that seek to address the affordable housing crisis. The Boston Globe cited the high cost of housing as one reason...more