When communities open their doors to homeownership, great things happen

Lakeville City Council passes one-year moratorium on new housing construction Lakeville is home to more than 77,000 residents and is growing quickly. New developments are pushing the city to number one in the Twin Cities for residential building permits in 2025, according to Ho...

In the midst of a housing shortage, Minnesota's top homebuilding community halts development for 1 year as lawmakers weigh a solution.

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Update: Lakeville moratorium passes 5-0

"Lakeville’s proposal is the latest response to a package of bills before the Legislature that would loosen zoning rules in an effort to solve the housing crisis."

"Lakeville’s proposal is the latest response to a package of bills before the Legislature that would loosen zoning rules in an effort to solve the housing crisis."

This booming Twin Cities suburb wants to pause new construction Lakeville’s proposal is the latest response to a package of bills before the Legislature that would loosen zoning rules in an effort to solve the housing crisis.

This booming Twin Cities suburb wants to pause new construction - I will be at the Lakeville Council meeting this evening to advocate against this moratorium on behalf of Housing First MN

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Sweeping residential zoning reform becomes law in Idaho Idaho enacted bills on ADUs, lot splits, single stair apartments and manufactured housing siting, limiting some local zoning barriers.

Add Idaho to the growing list of states enacting zoning reform

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"As we saw recently in Kansas City, Mo., moving too far too quickly on energy codes can have consequences on housing supply and affordability."

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Commentary: New Homes Are The Solution; Why Do We Treat Them As The Problem? In the debate over energy codes, new homes are presented as the problem and policymakers are left to ignore the older less efficient homes that make up the majority of the nation’s housing stock.

Commentary: New Homes are the Solution; Why Do We Treat Them as the Problem?

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The Housing Crisis Is a Supply Problem | The Daily Economy Rising prices make us look for someone to blame, but the broken market has a simple cause: it's illegal to build enough homes.

"The reason why we don’t see developers building more housing in response to higher prices isn’t because they’re not interested in making more money. Rather, it’s because their ability to build is heavily restricted in much of the United States."
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Opinion | Minnesota lawmakers still have time to tackle housing affordability If we want to protect the American dream for Minnesotans, the Legislature needs to get serious about the housing shortage and pass the Starter Homes Act, the authors write.

" The Starter Homes Act is the first step toward building a future where our families and future generations of Minnesotans can live and thrive."
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Surging HOA Fees Are Pushing Homeowners to the Brink

Local Angle: There Are Three Bill In MN limiting HOA Creation This Session

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Rising prices, demand outpaces supply, and homeownership falls.

Looks like Madison, Wisc., is having an MSP-style homeownership issue.

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"This is the missing link in housing policy, too. The most stressed demographic in terms of affordable housing is young people trying to afford their first apartments, and then later their first homes. "

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New homes are delivering measurable gains in energy efficiency, but they make up a small portion of the overall housing stock. If policymakers want to meaningfully impact energy use, the data shows the focus must expand to include existing homes.

Minnesota housing reform proponents remain hopeful for movement Although the Starter Home Act stalled in committee before a key deadline, lawmakers working on housing reform say the “issue isn’t going away.”

Minnesota housing reform proponents remain hopeful for movement
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“There’s a huge amount of political pressure to do something about housing prices, but the average person doesn’t have a clear sense of what that ‘something’ is but they’re just saying, ‘Fix housing prices, for the love of God.’”

For buyers, the appeal is straightforward: smaller homes cost less.

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This California Law Will Make Housing More Expensive A hidden climate fee punishes families for needing a car.

Climate Impact Fees - Just say no

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How a population boom changed North Dakota’s housing markets | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Latest data show signs that pre-boom affordability levels haven’t returned everywhere

How a population boom changed North Dakota’s housing markets via @minneapolisfed.bsky.social

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Single-family rentals are bridging the gap As North Carolina's housing crisis deepens after Hurricane Helene, single-family rentals are emerging as a way for lower-income families to access safer neighborhoods and better schools.

Great LTE from North Carolina reminding us that single-familiy rentals allow families to live in their community when homeownership is not yet on the table.

Reminder: every housing unit denied or not built would have been someone's home.

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As property tax statements arrive, pressure grows on Minnesota lawmakers to address hikes Minnesota property owners are seeing some steep hikes in their tax bills. Will lawmakers help cushion their burden?

As property tax statements arrive, pressure grows on Minnesota lawmakers to address hikes

What if we expanded the local tax base by lifting local barriers to new housing?

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The 99 major housing markets with year-over-year home price declines—and the 201 posting gains After a burst of softening, the count of major metros seeing year-over-year home price declines has stabilized over the past eight months.

The 99 major housing markets with year-over-year home price declines.

No, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington is not one of them.

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Who Gets to Live in a Single-Family Home? The housing bill now in Congress may seek to increase the housing supply—but not for renters.

Who Gets to Live in a Single-Family Home?

In a housing shortage, we should celebrate every new home.

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Florida Has the 9th Newest Housing Stock in the Nation As the spring housing market ramps up, many buyers aren’t just facing high prices and mortgage rates—they’re also inheriting older homes with higher maintenance costs. A new analysis from Construction

Funny timing - Just putting the final touches on a paper along this line

More to come next week.

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Reconciliation 2.0 Should Put Housing Supply First If lawmakers want a serious, growth-oriented affordability agenda, housing supply must be central, and cost recovery reform should take center stage.

From Cato:

Reconciliation 2.0 Should Put Housing Supply First

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Local Control Is a Symptom of Anti-Growth Disease There is a contradiction inside blue-state governance right now.

"All of this has consequences. You do not get to spend years making housing scarce, expensive, delayed, litigated, and politically radioactive, then act surprised when people leave for places that are easier to live in." - @tahrajirari.bsky.social

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The U.S. “affordability gap” today

Buyers needs 37% more income to afford the median-priced home:

Median U.S. household income: $85,497
Income needed to afford a median-priced home: $117,403

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Housing market ‘increasingly relying on a smaller pool of serious buyers’

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