Zohran Mamdani ran for mayor on one promise: make New York City affordable again. This week, he moved to further dismantle the rules New York spent decades erecting to prevent residential density. Mamdani released a 10-year housing plan pledging to build 200,000 new affordable homes while preserving 200,000 more. “These are the most ambitious affordable […]

Rhode Island moved closer to joining a small group of states whose lawmakers are working to unlock religious institution land for affordable housing development. At the same time, a major shift in the Ocean State’s House leadership may possibly derail the bill and a companion measure in a broader housing ıslahat package. Last week, the […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could finalize changes to its Regulation X servicing rules while creating a regulatory pathway for streamlined GSE refinances by the end of this year.

Vermont’s legislature took two steps Wednesday to make factory-built homes easier to buy and keep affordable, advancing bills that now head to a Senate floor vote and the governor’s desk. Two Senate committees approved H.757, which passed the House in March. The bill expands protections for manufactured homeowners and locks in long-term affordability for housing […]

House passed the ROAD to Housing Act 396-13, removing a 7-year BTR selloff rule while keeping a 350-home investor ban with carve-outs.

Maryland’s legislative and executive branches are about to tell cities and counties what they can – and cannot – do with parcels of land sitting next to their rail stations. Gov. Wes Moore is expected to sign the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, a bill that overrides local zoning rules near rail transit. It […]