Affordable Housing
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Talking Headways Podcast: Washington State Legislative Roundup
But this conversation isn't just about Washington, oh no. The issues raised are playing out nationally.
June 15, 2023
Legislating at the Intersection of Transportation and Housing Policy
A.B. 2097 and A.B. 1778 illustrate that a powerful approach to addressing the overlapping problems of affordable housing and sustainable transportation can be to solve both at once.
May 31, 2022
Affordable Housing Breaks Ground above Santa Monica/Vermont Metro Station
Little Tokyo Service Center's Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments will be 187-units, 100 percent affordable, with half low-income units and half permanent supportive housing for unhoused Angelenos - plus ground floor retail
May 5, 2022
State Grants $808M to Support Housing as a Climate Strategy
The AHSC, funded by California's cap-and-trade program, aims to reducing GHGs by putting housing near transit and increasing opportunities for people to safely and comfortably rely on active transportation and transit for their travel needs.
February 14, 2022
LA City Council Looks to Foster Affordable Development in High-Resource Areas
The motion directs city staff to report back on options for creating an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, which would streamline building 100 percent affordable developments in L.A. City's more well-off areas.
October 29, 2021
Newsom Signs S.B. 51, Durazo’s Legislation that Changes Law on Caltrans Tenant Property Sales
S.B. 51 changes a four-decades-old Roberti law that governs how Caltrans-owned residential properties along the canceled 710 freeway corridor will be sold
August 3, 2021
Parking Requirements Are Not a Useful Bargaining Chip for Increasing Affordable Housing
Opponents of A.B. 1401 concede that parking requirements are bad policy, but worry that removing them will undermine affordable housing production. Evidence suggests that's not the case.
May 19, 2021
Bill Would Eliminate Problematic Minimum Parking Requirements
Among the unintended consequences of minimum parking requirements are: more driving, more traffic, more delays for everyone including transit, longer distances between destinations, more fuel use and emissions, more difficulty and danger for people who are not in cars, and much higher housing costs.
April 6, 2021
Op-Ed: Battle over Prop 21 Shows Wall Street Landlords Put Profits Over People
The newest rent control measure would protect small landlords while forcing more accountability on corporate landlords
October 28, 2020
TransForm: California Needs More Housing, It Needs to Be Near Transit, and It Must Be Affordable
Upzoning is necessary, but doing it without adequate anti-displacement and affordability requirements puts upward pressure on areas near transit, creating a whole cascade of unwanted effects.
February 19, 2020
