Posts Tagged ‘law’
Trump refuses to sign landmark housing bill, demanding Congress pass voter ID law
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday he would not sign the landmark housing bill Congress passed this week as scheduled, in a striking decision to jeopardize a rare bipartisan success in order to demand that lawmakers pass voter ID ...
This new California NIMBY-busting law could create a million new apartments and condominiums
A new state law that allows denser housing development near major transit stops goes into effect in July, opening the door to construction of more than 1 million new units in California’s urban centers. The law forces cities to approve talle...
Compass Says New Washington Law Doesn’t Forbid Its ‘Private Exclusives’
Brokerage giant Compass has said that a strict new Washington state law that prohibits private listings does not apply to properties marketed across its network of agents as "Private Exclusives" or "Coming Soon."The new law, which Washington Go...
Pro-housing group sues Newsom over duplex law suspension in fire zones
A pro-housing group sued Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday over his decision to restrict SB 9, a housing law that allows owners to parcel up their properties, in the wake of the January fires.YIMBY Law, a San Francisco-based organization, alleges...
New law circumvents CEQA powers
Why this article is important: The NIMBY’s most powerful legal tool to combat development is CEQA. To address California’s housing shortage, a new law wrests some of this CEQA power from NIMBYs, shifting permitting power from councils and b...
Newly passed law a boost for transit-oriented development
Why this article is important: California’s legislature continues to tackle the state’s decade long housing shortage.Growth encouraged near transit stopsCalifornia’s legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 79 to encourage the addition o...
New law clarifies homeowner foreclosure protections provided by mortgage servicers
Why this article matters: Stay up to date on all the latest legislation influencing the real estate and mortgage industry.Recall the Homeowner Bill of RightsThe California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR) was signed into law in 2012 at the tai...
Homeless service provider’s CEO placed on leave, law firm to probe property valuations
Two top officials at the Weingart Center Assn., one of Los Angeles’ most prominent homeless services providers, have been placed on leave while the nonprofit conducts an internal review into its housing projects.Weingart has retained an outs...
