Gov. Kathy Hochul will not continue to pursue legislation to require housing growth across New York when she releases her 2024 agenda, according to several sources familiar with the governor’s deliberations. Attempting to take on the state’s housing supply and affordability crisis, Hochul made housing a top priority last session after winning her first election to the governor’s office
Faced with threats of losing control of local zoning and jeopardizing funding from the state for housing and transportation, a committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors advanced legislation Monday that would reform how the city approves residential development.
There is a shortage of affordable housing in California, but there is no shortage of expensive homes. In their flawed assessment of how to solve housing needs, the State manufactured a crisis. Cities were blamed for not producing enough housing. Yet, California towns and cities don’t build housing, developers do.
I am referring to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) housing building mandates. We know the demographics are not supportive of this scheme. California’s population is projected to remain flat or decline out to 2060. Given that the demographics with flat to declining population growth do not support Sacramento’s housing build-up, the resulting economics of housing development projects fall apart.
Rarely has California seen so concerted and unified a campaign by its elected officials as the drive for housing density conducted by Gov. Gavin Newsom and allied state legislators over the past five years. All along, there have been three major goals: One is to ease a housing shortage, another is to drive down the price of housing and a third seeks somehow to ease the obdurate problem of homelessness.
I read Susan Kirsch’s Marin Voice commentary with keen interest.
It has been claimed that the state’s need for affordable housing is a compelling state interest that preempts the constitutional powers granted to cities. In fact, the current avalanche of housing bills coming from Sacramento provides only token benefits to low-income people as required by the law.
Catalysts Call Monday evenings @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm A weekly Zoom call to talk about housing legislation and strategies to preserve local control Bring your questions and ideas. Informal networking, announcements, and updates.[...]
Catalysts Call Monday evenings @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm A weekly Zoom call to talk about housing legislation and strategies to preserve local control Bring your questions and ideas. Informal networking, announcements, and updates.[...]
