https://washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/03/14/los-angeles-wildfires-burned-lot-sales-real-estate-market/ “For every available lot, one agent said there are at least 10 interested buyers - offers mostly from developers and builders” #housing #LosAngeles #wildfire #shortage

https://www.newsweek.com/us-housing-market-shortage-prediction-2042732 “The reason why new construction finally outpaced new household formation is sobering: at least 1.6 million expected Gen Z and millennial households did not form in 2024 because of factors which included a lack of affordable housing. In short, people are not settling down and becoming homeowners because they can't afford to.” #housing #shortage #poverty #inequality #economics #parenting

“This is the work of my adult life,” Mr. Lander said in an interview. “I will be the best-prepared housing mayor.” #NYC #zoning #housing #shortage #inflation #displacement #GiftArticle https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/nyregion/brad-lander-housing-plan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.9x7s.RZ5p0jzFXTR8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/06/fairfax-county-legislator-wants-to-redirect-solar-projects-from-farmland-to-parking-lots-but-theres-a-catch/ “We have seas and seas of large parking lots associated with office buildings, big box stores and strip malls that have potential to generate lots of energy” #virginia #solar #energy #shortage #parking #ParkingReform #zoning #climate #conservation

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/01/21/virginia-now-imports-more-electricity-than-any-other-state/ “At the same time that Virginia is mandating an elimination of carbon-based fuels, we’re importing more carbon-based fuel.” #Virginia #solar #shortage #power #DataCenters #coal #climate

https://ggwash.org/view/98306/montgomery-county-attainable-housing-more-housing-now “Montgomery County is showing one more time that we’re not here to stick with the status quo. We’re here to evolve with society and make policy changes in our housing laws to ensure that we’re meeting reality” #MontgomeryCounty #zoning #housing #shortage

https://takomatorch.com/index.php/2025/01/25/no-way-to-address-housing-crisis-says-county-that-makes-building-housing-impossible/ “Housing prices are sky-high, rents are unaffordable, and young people are fleeing the area. But what more can we do? We’ve already said we care.” #housing #satire #zoning #shortage #inflation #displacement

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/we-will-not-hesitate-canada-prepares-to-hit-u-s-with-billions-in-tariffs/article_93b9c5d7-0a0f-587e-9e87-d991692ba641.html “when I mention the impacts of a Trump tariff tax on Americans, they are not only surprised, they are very worried” #tradewar #tariffs #inflation #shortage #layoffs #uspolitics

https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/the-wildfires-have-created-an-entirely-new-housing-crisis-in-los-angeles/ “One potential solution to help with the ongoing housing crisis involves revisiting zoning laws to permit higher-density housing in working-class neighborhoods like Altadena, which was ravaged by the Eaton Fire” #LosAngeles #housing #shortage #zoning

https://www.governing.com/urban/despite-housing-shortage-denver-puts-brakes-on-dense-development “The most equitable approach to solving our housing supply shortage is a citywide upzone” #denver #housing #zoning #shortage #inflation #displacement #equity

https://ctmirror.org/2025/01/13/ct-house-senate-democrats-2025-priorities/ “Lawmakers intend to take an all-of-the-above approach to housing, and said they’ll consider changing zoning regulations, pushing cities to grow, making it easier to build more workforce housing and single-family housing, among other measures.” #CTleg #Connecticut #housing #zoning #shortage

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/12/governor-newsom-signs-executive-order-to-help-los-angeles-rebuild-faster-and-stronger/ “victims who have lost their homes and businesses must be able to rebuild quickly and without roadblocks” #wildfire #LosAngeles #CEQA #housing #shortage #pricegouging

https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_ec839ece-c7af-11ef-a03d-93f8e3efc572.html “the severe shortage of housing is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair” #shortage #housing #zoning #california #sb9 #sb450 #localcontrol #homelessness

Thanks to #Virginia Delegate David Owen for introducing #HB2480 to reduce the regulatory burden on new #housing to subsidize motor vehicle use. This made some sense a century ago when new safe homes were plentiful and safe smooth pavement was not, but things are very different today with a worsening housing #shortage . #zoning #waroncars #redtape #YIMBY https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2480

https://www.29news.com/2025/01/09/remote-work-helping-drive-wealthy-families-dc-area-charlottesville-region/ “That’s always been the real tension point in the region, is trying to figure out how to manage growth…It is an attractive area historically, but one of the ways it’s been managed is simply by having high housing prices, and that limits people from staying in the area” #displacement #cville #housing #shortage #retirement #zoning #homelessness

https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-01-05/report-virginias-faith-communities-want-to-build-affordable-housing-and-they-have-plenty-of-land-to-do-so-but-it-aint-easy “So many times the barriers we have in place are bureaucratic, it takes a while to get through those and the legal process” #virginia #FaithinHousing #zoning #housing #shortage #inflation #YIGBY

https://www.29news.com/2024/12/30/charlottesville-housing-market-may-be-cause-concern/ “We kept on waiting for the inventory to increase, sellers to put their houses on the market and it really didn’t happen” #cville #housing #shortage #inflation