The U.S. systems of home sales and financing often ignore immigrants’ financial resources and credit histories, even people buying with cash.
Category: Housing
There are some people for whom their whole job is guiding others through California’s housing permitting bureaucracy.
Supporters said a condo construction bill would unlock affordable for-sale housing that California desperately needs. But deadlines matter.
California ordered cities and counties to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2030. Only five jurisdictions are on track to hit their numbers.
Two California cities agreed to allow multiplex development in single-family neighborhoods after a YIMBY nonprofit sued.
The federal housing law does a lot of little things. Supporters hope it will put a dent in both California and the nation’s housing shortage.
A bill to shield Altadena from two density-boosting housing laws is meant to let the town rebuild on its own terms.
The final deal puts a stripped-down tax-cut measure to voters in November but doesn’t touch real-estate transfer taxes.
A plan to set a $28 minimum wage for California homebuilders died when the influential trades union protested that it could undermine prevailing wage pay rates.
California gave an old mobile home program a new name, a new focus and millions more to spend. The results are starting to come in.