Providence, Rhode Island’s city council passed rent stabilization but failed to override the mayor’s veto. Rent stabilization is now one of the sharpest fault lines in the 2026 mayoral race. In September, voters will decide between a Democratic mayoral incumbent who vetoed the ordinance and a Democratic state representative from Providence who is promising rent […]

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 […]

California lawmakers are adding muscle to the state’s five-year-old starter home law to prevent cities and counties from quietly neutralizing it through local rules. Senate Bill 1116, which passed the state Senate on May 20 without a single no vote, would strengthen the Starter Home Revitalization Act, a 2021 law requiring local governments to fast-track […]

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 […]

HUD urges fee caps, code limits, and faster permits, citing over $100,000 in regulatory costs per new single-family home.