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This note provides an overview of the Renters' Rights Bill, as drafted at its introduction in September 2024. The Bill is currently in the reading stage before being finalised and [...]

When envisioning our communities, can we truly do so without considering the interests and perspectives of children and youth? This year marks the 35th anniversary of the United Nations Convention [...]

This year, the California legislature sent a number of affordable housing bills to Governor Gavin Newsom for signature. In September, Governor Newsom signed some of those bills and vetoed others. [...]

Owners of federally subsidized multifamily properties in Ohio are now able to make specific financial disclosures to take advantage of a new law that changes the way such properties are [...]

Helsinki, Finland: According to a press release, guarantee payments under Petteri Orpo's government scheme will be implemented for government-subsidized housing production, namely low-income housing production. The purpose is to lessen [...]

U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced [...]

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper applauded an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Colorado will receive $54 million in Low Income [...]

California has changed the State Density Bonus Law to give developers the option to incorporate significant additional density into eligible bonus projects. AB 1287, which was just signed into law [...]

In the beginning of 2023, the draft 'Affordable Rent Act' (Wet betaalbare huur) was published. This Act intends to regulate mid-market rents in the Netherlands and amends the current rent [...]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) recently signed Texas House Bill (H.B.) 1058, making Texas at least the 28th state, plus the District of Columbia, to offer state low-income housing tax [...]

Ventspils: Ventspils Municipality, Latvia has issued the following news release: In order to reduce the impact of the rapid increase in the prices of consumer goods and energy resources on [...]

Tenders are invited for Flexible Services Strategic Planning Consultant Pre-Submittal Conference: Tuesday, 7/11/2023 at 3:30 PM via the link provided in the solicitation To provide LEGAL SERVICES to the King [...]

Finance Act 2022 inserted two new provisions, section 83DA and section 83DB, into the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 ('SDCA'). Each section provides for the repayment of stamp duty in [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-April 13, 2023-: Albemarle County Opens Waiting Lists for Housing Voucher Programs, Providing Assistance for Eligible Families (C)1994-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:12042023 Albemarle County, Virginia, has opened waiting lists for [...]

Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are frantically working to finalize their state-mandated 'housing elements' in their General Plans by the January 31, 2023, deadline imposed by the California [...]

Liepaja: Liepaja Municipality, Latvia has issued the following news release: In order to promote citizens' participation in the decision-making process, all interested parties are invited to express their opinion on [...]

Listen to this post In response to developers' continued cry for meaningful reform, changes to or exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Res. Code s.s. 21000 et seq.) [...]

Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden, Germany has issued the following news release: In view of the current sub-zero temperatures, Head of Social Affairs Christoph Manjura reminds of the overnight accommodations for the resident [...]

Who should read this? Developers and their advisors involved in community and social housing in Queensland. Things you need to know On 21 October 2022, the Planning Regulation 2017 (Qld) [...]

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Angus King (I-ME), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure students are not forced to choose between housing or pursuing an education. [...]

With the dust still settling on Bill 109, the More Homes for Everyone Act, Ontario's provincial government introduced an omnibus piece of legislation aimed at supporting their latest Housing Supply [...]

The Social Affairs Commission (CAS) approved this Tuesday (8) a project that determines the provision of technical assistance services to the low-income population in the construction of housing of social [...]

On October 18, 2022, the Greenville County Council approved a new policy which provides incentives for the development of affordable and workforce housing by allowing for credits against a project [...]

Highlights The centerpiece of a significant 2022 legislative session is Assembly Bill (AB) 2011, which provides a ministerial, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)-exempt approval pathway for qualifying multifamily projects on [...]

Vilnius: Lithuania's house rental market is heating up because of the Ukrainian conflict. The Ministry of Social Security and Labor advises low-income people that they may utilise rent tax compensation [...]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller will visit a former brownfield site in Portland to highlight the agencys recent announcement of $5.4 million of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds [...]

Last year, the Miami City Commission approved a major zoning overhaul for the portion of Wynwood lying north of NW 29th Street - dubbed Wynwood Norte. We previously published an [...]

Governments around the world have been plagued with how to meet the housing deficits with the escalating population and migration to urban areas. Nigeria has not been immune to this [...]

CITY HALL Property Reassessments Cause Residential Values to Skyrocket and Commercial Values to Increase Less Dramatically On Tuesday, the Kenney administration announced the value of the average residential property increased [...]

The United States lacks some almost five million housing units needed to meet current demand. New York state and City face similar shortfalls. For example, the City's housing plan notes [...]

Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of NCC on Housing, Construction and Development in Islamabad. The meeting was briefed that for the very first time in the history of [...]

Background On November 9, 2021, Toronto City Council adopted a new Inclusionary Zoning ('IZ') policy framework in the form of an Official Plan Amendment ('OPA'), Zoning Bylaw Amendment ('ZBLA'), and [...]

This bulletin provides an update to our June 25, 2021 bulletin ' Impending Implementation of Ontario's Inclusionary Zoning Regime in Toronto and the GTA ', which update specifically relates to [...]

The past 18 months have seen the world change dramatically. For the UK's social housing sector, it has presented various challenges and pushed organisations to operate in unanticipated ways. On [...]

The Toronto City Council adopted an Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) policy framework during the Council meeting from November 9-12, 2021, making it mandatory for certain new residential developments to include affordable [...]

The Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS) does have competence to regulate special conditions and technical standards in the design and execution of low-income housing, such as height bonuses. [...]

The City of Toronto is moving forward with proposed inclusionary zoning policies which have been released in draft form for public consultation. The stated purpose of inclusionary zoning is to [...]

Summary On Friday October 8, 2021, City of Toronto staff released draft official plan and zoning by-law amendments they intend to recommend to City Council to implement inclusionary zoning. The [...]

Particular issues may beset a sale of land between developer and Registered Provider but, by forecasting ahead, costs and delays can be avoided. As the demand for housing increases, so [...]

CITY HALL Clarke Introduces $400 Million 'Neighborhood Preservation Initiative' On Friday, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced legislation that would borrow nearly half a billion dollars in an effort to increase [...]

The Board of Trustees of the Employee Severance Fund (FGTS) approved, this Monday (13), new measures that will benefit families that contract housing financing from the Casa Verde e Amarela [...]

Green Party Urges Federal Government to Move on Affordable Housing Green Party leader Annamie Paul was in Toronto on Tuesday discussing the urgent need for the federal government to take [...]

The First Homes scheme is part of the Government's commitment to overhaul the planning system and increase home ownership. It consulted on First Homes last year and on 24 May [...]

On May 14, 2020, South Carolina enacted the Workforce and Senior Affordable Housing Act (the 'Act'), which created a state tax credit for owners of qualified low-income buildings (the 'State [...]

When it comes to municipalities addressing the lack of ôaffordable housingö, the use of inclusionary zoning by-laws, passed pursuant to section 35.2 of the Planning Act, is becoming an important [...]

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government Darragh O'Brien T.D. has published the general scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2021 (the 'Bill'). The Government's Summer [...]

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced the Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests, or ASSET, Act to eliminate asset limitations that restrict eligibility for three [...]

Summary In episode 7 of the podcast Planning Life Insights of Bryan, BCLP explore with London First guest Sarah Bevan and Chris Whall from Air Quality Consultants Ltd the challenges [...]

President Biden has introduced a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that proposes a wide range of tax credits to incentivize investment in affordable housing, community development, and clean energy. Recently, President [...]