New Jersey Department of Community Affairs on LinkedIn: #njprc24 (2024)

Another important housing bill made it to the Governor’s desk in Arizona, with Friends of Casita Rep. Analise Ortiz and Sen. Anna Hernandez among a bipartisan group calling for Gov. Hobbs to sign HB 2570 into law. Allowing middle housing in more neighborhoods, and relaxing restrictive size and design standards that drive up construction costs are just two of the policies pro-housing advocates are gaining ground on.Read more: https://lnkd.in/gGxi_mPz#ADUs #MiddleHousing #BuildTheMiddle

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A California court rejected a developer's attempt to take advantage of provisions in the Housing Accountability Act that prohibit a city from requiring a rezoning when zoning is inconsistent with the General Plan. Perkins Coie LLP'sMarie Coopershares more background on the case in this blog post.#LandUse#RealEstate#HousingAccountabilityAct#CaliforniaRealEstate

The chaos in Milton around their MBTA Communities (3A) compliance is just one example of why, whether it happens today or in 5-years, the Massachusetts Legislature will need to step in and implement more aggressive zoning changes to correct our growing housing crisis. Milton went through a 2-year extensive community process in an effort to comply with what will be a minimal change to the a Town's zoning code that was heavily restricted 50+ years ago to prevent largely any new housing production in the Town. In other communities, even compliance with the law will still not necessarily produce "as-of-right" housing production and many things like dimensional requirements, open space per unit mandates and parking minimums will inevitably preclude much of this newly zoned housing from being built. While 3A compliance is a needed tool, the process surrounding it in many communities is a sign that it sadly won't be nearly enough and we need to be adding more "tools to the toolkit" to enable more housing production across Massachusetts... before it's too late. https://lnkd.in/ex7yyJQx

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Florida's Live Local Act is a big deal for affordable housing development, including state pre-emption of local zoning regulations for qualified mixed-income projects. Despite some challenges, the majority of cities and counties in Florida are taking steps to facilitate new projects. With the legislation going into effect on July 1st, Steven J Wernick, Esq. AICP spoke with Law360 on Live Local Act implementation and key questions being explored with local zoning administrators to unlock new development capacity. 🏡Check out the article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eAzHN-mw #planning #affordablehousing #LiveLocalAct #legislation #communitybuilding #adaptingtochange

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Learn About Zoning Bonuses for Affordable and Green Housing in Philadelphia! If residential developers meet certain environmental and affordability standards, the City will relax zoning requirements for allowable density and dimensions in their proposed residences. Alex Goldberg and Alan Nochumson can tell you more about this zoning bonus program in their #CLE seminar for the Real Estate Institute of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Get updates on the most significant case law, current legislation, practice fundamentals, trends, strategies, and techniques. https://lnkd.in/dQ2ZY6S7

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If you haven’t seen them yet, check out the first three newsletters we’ve posted on our MBTA Communities Tracker website. https://buff.ly/3OnJ0mf • “Welcome to Upzone Update” introduces the newsletter we’ll be sending out to track the progress of the state’s MBTA Communities law. • “Meaningful or marginal?” considers the debate about whether cities and towns will be meaningfully meeting the zoning requirements for multifamily housing called for in the state’s MBTA Communities law. • “Setting the record straight on ‘local control’” explores the balance of power between municipal and state zoning laws. And if you haven’t yet, make sure to hit the ‘Subscribe’ button to have the newsletters sent directly to your email every other Friday.

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Kentucky’s Planned Communities statute took effect last summer and is an important update for real estate developers in the greater Cincinnati area because previously Kentucky did not have any statutes that addressed planned communities. This is the first article in a series by Associate Austin Tinsley that will survey key provisions of the Act, and compare the Act with Ohio law governing planned communities. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/gXmr50Qrpbx#realestate #development #kentuckylaw

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The 2024 legislative session began on Monday and the momentum for significant housing policy, zoning, and land-use reform is palpable. Legislators from both parties are prepared to advocate for generational solutions to our housing needs.#mnleg #housingindustry #zoningreform #newlegislation #policy #mnrealestate #newconstruction

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Governor Polis has signed into law legislation ending occupancy limits in Colorado. This prohibits cities like Builder from imposing occupancy limits that restrict how many unrelated people can live together. However, life safety and fire code occupancy regulations will still apply. The new law will take effect on July 1, 2024, and will repeal the current City of Boulder occupancy limit that allows up to five unrelated people to live together. This change raises important questions about access to affordable housing and the landscape of single-family home neighborhoods. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. #boulderrealestate #coloradorealestate #affordablehousing #realestateinvesting

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Last week, Florida legislators passed a bill updating last year’s Live Local Act, including offering some concessions to single-family neighborhoods while ultimately expanding the law’s purview.Originally designed to increase workforce housing development, the Live Local Act’s main provision allowed developers to bypass local zoning restrictions on projects where at least 40 percent of units are priced as workforce of affordable housing. Since the law went into effect in July 2023, some communities have expressed concerns about lack of clarity in the bill. As a result, the 2024 bill was passed to clarify the legislation.“Instead of making a blanket change, [the law] was only enhanced in regards to that point of protecting single-family neighborhoods,” said #BilzinSumberg’s Anthony De Yurre, Esq, LLM, who was involved in developing the bill. Learn more via Commercial Observer: https://bit.ly/48ITp3t

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