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Multiple laws have been passed since 2010 to preempt local zoning laws and ease private developments of housing and reduce the statewide housing shortage, especially under the governorships of Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom. Several of these laws contain mandates and incentives for private development of affordable or subsidized housing.
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced new measures to improve the standards, safety and operation of social housing. The bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 8 June 2022 and received royal assent on 20 July 2023.
Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...
The poll comes amid a severe housing shortage, a loose coalition of grassroots YIMBY leaders — short for Yes in My Backyard — and bipartisan housing policy reform efforts from Utah to Vermont.
Aug. 30—CONCORD — A bipartisan group of lawmakers embraced the outlines of proposals intended to break down barriers to building more housing in New Hampshire. Rep. Joe Alexander, R-Goffstown ...
Here is what you need to know about some of the laws taking effect in 2024. Minimum wage increase in NJ Starting on Jan. 1, 2024, minimum wage will increase by $1 bringing it up to $15.13 per hour ...
Agreed to by the House on April 20, 2024 (366-58 311-112 385-34 360-58) and by the Senate on April 23, 2024 Signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024 Public Law 118-50 (referred to as the National Security Act, 2024 in drafts) is an appropriations bill enacted by the 118th Congress and signed into law by president Joe Biden on ...
The Housing Accountability Act (HAA) is a California state law designed to promote infill development by speeding housing approvals. The Act was passed in 1982 in recognition that "the lack of housing, including emergency shelter, is a critical statewide problem," and has also been referred to as "the anti-NIMBY law."