Stroock Presents: GOAT Town, Episode 4: Office-to-Residential Conversions in NYC – Magic Bullet or Merely One Piece of the Puzzle?
Creative Housing Solutions Pop Up Across Oregon
Business Better Podcast Episode: Affordable Housing in Chinatown, Los Angeles: How To Better Serve Your Community
Affordable Housing on the Front Range: Inclusionary Housing Ordinances and the New Middle Income Housing Authority
Orrick Public Policy Podcast #25 – A Conversation with the California State Senate Majority Leader Robert M. Hertzberg
Inside DC: Highlights and Implications of the FY 2022 Budget
[WEBINAR] Housing and Land Use Legislative Update
[WEBINAR] Advancing the Policy Discussion Around Housing
[WEBINAR] Innovative Partnerships to Overcome Housing Challenges in Communities
On August 6, 2024, Governor Maura Healy signed the Affordable Homes Act (the Act”), legislation whose purpose is to address rising housing costs within the Commonwealth by implementing public investment, changes to zoning...more
As of August 7, 2024, owners of for-rent affordable housing properties in Colorado consisting of five units or more and owners of for-rent market-rate multifamily properties in Colorado consisting of between 15 and 100 units...more
The Florida Housing Finance Corporation has recently updated its guidance surrounding the Multifamily Middle Market Certification and its application process, as established by the Live Local Act. This initiative is...more
U.S. Reps. Mike Carey (R-OH) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan “Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act” in the House of Representatives on July 12, 2024. Modeled after the Historic Preservation Tax Credit,...more
Under existing law in Montgomery County, Maryland, any time covered multifamily property is sold in the County, the County (acting through its Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)), the Housing Opportunities...more
The city of Berkeley will pay $4 million in connection with its mishandling of an application to build 260 housing units on the old Spenger's parking lot. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch fined Berkeley $2.6...more
Washington D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) released its proposed rules establishing how the D.C. government will implement the Housing in Downtown Tax Abatement program. A...more
In an effort to “fundamentally change [the State’s] approach to housing development, particularly for the moderate and affordable development we need most,” the Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed a slew of...more
On October 11, 2023, Governor Newsom signed SB 4, the Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act (also known as "Yes in God's Back Yard" (YIGBY)), which promises to be one of the momentous housing bills of 2023. Sponsored by...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Montgomery County has enacted a comprehensive rent stabilization law that will limit annual rent increases for rental housing in the County to three percent plus CPI, with a maximum limit of 6%. The law...more
The 88th Regular Session (2023) of the Texas Legislature approved HB 2071 (the “Bill”), substantially revising the way public facility corporations can be utilized to own and operate affordable housing. While some provisions...more
A consortium of San Francisco landlords and property owners filed a lawsuit last week challenging the city’s new tax on vacant residences as unconstitutional and a violation of state law. Proposition M, “The Empty Homes Tax,”...more
As of January 1, 2023, providers of affordable housing in Washington State have access to a new exemption from the excise tax on real estate sales (also known as the real estate excise tax, or “REET”). This new exemption,...more
With likely recession encroaching, PropTech seen as cost-cutting tool in CRE - Bisnow – October 11 A rolling series of challenges, from the pandemic to labor shortages to an unfolding economic downturn, have increased focus...more
In a further effort to create and preserve affordable housing, the Massachusetts House of Representatives recently advanced House Bill 4637, “An Act Relative to Real Estate Transfer Fees and Senior Property Tax Relief” (“H.B....more
Religious Properties Can Now Cut Parking by up to 50% When Building Affordable Housing - California religious properties will now have greatly reduced parking requirements should they seek to redevelop portions of their...more
Philadelphia Zoo’s New Giraffe Exhibit Fosters Friendship Between People and Animals- Giraffe Encounter, the Philadelphia Zoo’s newest exhibit that opened last Thursday, allows the public to get up close and personal with...more
The Court of Appeal ruled that a suit concerning an affordable housing fee that plaintiff had agreed to pay two decades earlier was still timely because the 90-day limitations period under the Subdivision Map Act did not...more
Bruce's Beach bill, SB 796, passes California Senate and heads to Assembly - Spectrum News – June 2 - California Senate Bill 796 — which clears the way for the beachfront land known as Bruce’s Beach to be returned to...more
A proposed development - A developer has obtained planning permission to build some affordable housing, but the land on which it wishes to build borders my land. Several years ago, when the land was divided up from a...more
Vacasa is the First STR Platform to Directly Connect to Google Hotels - ("Google Signals Its Vacation Rental Ambitions With Vacasa Direct-Connect," Skift Travel News on Sep 5, 2019) Big news from our friends at Vacasa...more
On June 14, 2019, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, introducing sweeping tenant protections. Below is a short summary of key changes in the new...more
As described in our previous Client Alert, the Los Angeles City Planning Department is reviewing its current TOC Tier designations, and due to mistakes in current TOC maps, many properties will have their Tier designations...more
The Los Angeles City Planning Department is reviewing its current TOC Tier determinations (i.e., whether a property is in a Tier 1, 2, 3 or 4 TOC incentive area) and has found numerous mistakes in its current TOC map and on...more
In the months leading to the election, cities and counties began to adopt resolutions and other measures to advance potential rent control measures. In Los Angeles, the City Council approved a Resolution in support of...more