Why does wealth concentrate across generations?

Housing appreciation flows to owners, not renters.

PTH makes collective appreciation possible for communities that have historically only been renters.

#HousingPolicy #WealthInequality #EconSky #PublicPolicy

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@urbaninstitute.bsky.social has documented how the inability to build housing equity drives intergenerational poverty.

Public Trust Housing is designed to close that gap.

#HousingPolicy #EconSky #PovertyResearch

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Committee reviews major changes to landlord‑tenant law, including expedited ejectments and security‑deposit cap The Senate committee reviewed the House 'as‑passed' landlord‑tenant bill that would shorten some notice periods, create an expedited ejectment subchapter for certain safety threats, allow earlier disposal of tenant property after writs of possession, expand trespass authority, create a rental‑payment reporting pilot, and cap security deposits — with members flagging judicial separation‑of‑powers, implementation, and litigation concerns.

Vermont's Senate committee is shaking up landlord-tenant laws with expedited ejectments, stricter timelines, and new security deposit caps—are your rights at risk?

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#VT #TenantRights #CitizenPortal #JudicialReform #VermontHousing #HousingPolicy

The housing market has two failure modes:

1. Rentals extract wealth from residents
2. Public housing concentrates poverty

PTH proposes a third architecture: community ownership with individual equity accounts.

#HousingPolicy #EconSky #AffordableHousing

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🚨 Senate just passed a bill forcing BTR landlords to SELL their SFR homes after 7 years.

Result? Less rental supply. Higher rents. Fewer housing options.

"No one will invest under forced sale risk" — NMHC

Good policy or backfire waiting to happen?

#RealEstate #SFR #Landlord #HousingPolicy

Public Trust Housing is not public housing.

Residents own equity. Communities govern democratically. Assets appreciate collectively.

A third path between renting and owning.

#HousingPolicy #EconSky #PublicPolicy #AffordableHousing

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Making Homeownership Affordable: Bringing Fannie and Freddie Back to Mission. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us as we discuss affordable housing and how two leading government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who help sustain the national housing market, can better support affordable homeownership....

Home affordability is at a 40-year low. How can this change?

Free webinar 4/16, 1p ET → bit.ly/4dxHuM1

#HousingPolicy

Thinkhouse library of UK housing reports Thinkhouse holds a library of the best and most innovative research pieces, policy publications and case studies on the quantity and quality of the UK's housing stock.

Now included in www.thinkhouse.org.uk :: @cihhousing.bsky.social REPORT :: The 2026 UK Housing Review :: Awaiting Editorial Panel assessment. #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy

To Move Past False Choices, Housing Funders Must Embrace Supply Responding to criticism of his call for funders to “take a side,” Ned Resnikoff makes a case for a grand bargain among progressive housing advocates.

Responding to criticism of his call for funders to “take a side,” Ned Resnikoff makes a case for a grand bargain among progressive housing advocates.

Guest Contributor, Ned Resnikoff Reports: tinyurl.com/34pynsj3

#HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing #YIMBY #UrbanPolicy #HousingPolicy #Philanthropy

Thinkhouse library of UK housing reports Thinkhouse holds a library of the best and most innovative research pieces, policy publications and case studies on the quantity and quality of the UK's housing stock.

Now included in www.thinkhouse.org.uk :: @housingevidence.bsky.social REPORT :: Who should own the value of land? Housing, power and the deep politics of land value capture :: Awaiting Editorial Panel assessment. #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy

Didn't he? That's naughty of the newspaper then.

Still, it's the thought and the opinion behind it that counts, I guess?

As you suggest, wanting to lower building standards isn't in the public interest... nor is the apparent disregard for public safety.

#ReformUK #housingpolicy #ukpolitics

Housing reports and policy documents from 2026 A repository for reports from across the housing sector, published in 2026.

Congratulations to @sheltercharity.bsky.social Their report: Build Up Not Trickle Down: The Case for Need-Led Housing Policy has been selected by our Editorial Panel as one of the 'must read' reports of 2026, www.thinkhouse.org.uk/reports/2026/ #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy

Town planner reports council action on SB 79, inclusionary fee and several SB 330 preliminary applications Town planner Brittany Bennix told the commission that SB 79 implementation work is underway, an inclusionary fee was adopted and became effective, and the town received several SB 330 preliminary applications that could vest projects under earlier rules.

The City Council has taken bold steps in land-use policy, adopting SB 79 to boost residential density and implementing a new inclusionary fee for multifamily developments!

Learn more here

#CA #UrbanDevelopment #CitizenPortal #CommunityInclusion #HousingPolicy

State "missing middle" rules require Pasco to allow up to four middle-housing units per lot, staff says Planning staff briefed council on the state's middle‑housing mandate: Pasco (a tier‑1 city) must allow up to four middle‑housing units per lot citywide, change ADU rules and adjust development codes. Staff urged careful design guidelines and public outreach; councilors flagged infrastructure, parking and equity concerns.

Pasco is now required to allow up to four middle-housing units per lot, prompting crucial discussions on zoning, infrastructure, and neighborhood character.

Learn more here!

#PascoCityFranklinCounty #WA #PascoMiddleHousing #CitizenPortal #UrbanPlanning #HousingPolicy #CommunityEquity

New C.A.R. forecast: California prices, affordability, and what lawmakers are watching in 2026. If you own or want to own property in CA, this is must‑read. #CaliforniaRealEstate #HousingPolicy #MarketForecast www.car.org/aboutus/mediacenter/news...

Committee narrows cannabis rental‑use language to protect non‑impactful use inside dwellings The committee reviewed an amendment to clarify that landlords may not broadly ban non‑impactful cannabis possession or use inside rental premises—members debated whether protections should be limited to a tenant’s dwelling unit or extend across premises and flagged vaping/odor and a $105,000 appropriation contingency.

Vermont's Senate is making strides to protect tenants' rights by clarifying cannabis use in rental homes, but key debates on vaping and property impact are heating up!

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#VT #CannabisRegulation #TenantRights #CitizenPortal #VermontRenters #HousingPolicy

County to study expanded farmworker housing in Ag Reserve; commissioners back up to 3% and TDR exemption Palm Beach County commissioners unanimously voted to initiate a comp‑plan amendment to examine farmworker housing in the Ag Reserve, including raising a statutory 1.5% allowance to up to 3% on some parcels and considering exemptions from transfer‑of‑development‑rights (TDR) requirements.

Palm Beach County is taking a bold step to potentially double the housing allowance for farmworkers, aiming to better support local agriculture and address housing needs!

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#PalmBeachCounty #FL #AgriculturalDevelopment #CitizenPortal #CommunitySustainability #HousingPolicy

Votes at a glance: emergency measures, energy option, noncompete rules and housing credits advance in Maine House The House approved several measures on March 30, including emergency debt‑limit increases and updates, a municipal opt‑out electricity procurement option, prohibition of noncompete clauses for certain health care workers, and extension of the affordable housing tax credit; one divided report on a corrections ombudsman produced an initial 69–69 tie before an alternate report advanced.

Maine lawmakers took significant strides on March 30, passing emergency measures that could reshape housing, energy, and healthcare policies in the state.

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#ME #CitizenPortal #MaineHouse #PublicSafety #HousingPolicy

Senators debate interim fix to Act 181 that would remove 10‑acre parcel cap for some Tier 1B projects Senator Chris Matos proposed an interim amendment to Act 181 that would strip a 10‑acre parcel-size limit for Tier 1B projects to allow denser, infill-style housing on parcels with appropriate soils and infrastructure; committee members debated disturbance metrics, infrastructure costs, and whether to adopt an interim exemption and revisit the policy.

Senator Chris Matos is pushing to change the 10-acre limit in Act 181, potentially paving the way for denser housing development in strategic areas of Vermont.

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#VT #InfrastructurePlanning #CitizenPortal #VermontHousing #HousingPolicy #CompactDevelopment

Allendale leaders say litigation tied to Avalon Bay settlement preserves downtown and secures temporary immunity Officials told the Jan. 5 reorganizational meeting that recent negotiations resolved Allendale’s affordable-housing obligations linked to the nearby Avalon Bay project, yielding a plan they say avoids downtown rezoning and provides roughly a 10-year immunity from builder-remedy exposure.

Allendale's leaders just secured a major win, reaching a settlement that protects the town's character while dodging significant downtown changes!

Get the details

#AllendaleBergenCounty #NJ #UrbanDevelopment #CitizenPortal #CommunityStability #AllendaleAffordableHousing #HousingPolicy

Allendale council adopts 2026 salary ordinance, introduces lead‑inspection and records‑fee ordinances; council reports focus on storm response On Feb. 5 the Allendale mayor and council unanimously adopted Ordinance 26‑01 fixing 2026 salaries and introduced four new ordinances, including a lead‑paint inspection requirement and a public‑records fee schedule. Council reports highlighted DPW storm response and green‑team recycling events.

Allendale's council is taking big steps for 2026 by adopting salary ordinances and introducing new measures like a lead inspection requirement—what else is on the agenda?

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#AllendaleBergenCounty #NJ #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalRecycling #AllendaleBorough #HousingPolicy

Public schools depend heavily on property taxes—yet TIF districts divert that funding before it ever reaches classrooms. This op-ed explores how TIF has become a major force shaping city budgets—and why advocates are pushing for reform.

Read more: bit.ly/4t8ocRA

#EducationFunding #HousingPolicy

Committee shifts implementation dates for ADU and housing-development changes, pauses two recent laws In reviewing LD 2173, the committee favored an approach that sets implementation of several housing-development and ADU provisions to July 1, 2027, and would pause two laws already in effect (minimum parking-space requirements and childcare-location rules) until that date to give municipalities time to align ordinances.

Maine's housing bill LD 2173 is shaking things up by pausing existing laws and shifting key implementation dates to 2027, sparking concerns and conversations around local development.

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#ME #CitizenPortal #MaineHousing #HousingPolicy #CommunityPlanning

Bellevue council directs staff to prepare updated affordable housing strategy after staff revisions City staff presented revisions to the 2017 Affordable Housing Strategy update, narrowing some policy specifics and removing a proposed rental registration program; council directed staff to prepare the 2026–32 strategy for future adoption on the consent calendar.

Bellevue is reimagining its Affordable Housing Strategy with 81 new action items aimed at enhancing housing stability and tenant education!

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#BellevueKingCounty #WA #CommunityEngagement #CitizenPortal #TenantRights #HousingPolicy #BellevueAffordableHousing

In the U.K., cohousing + co-ops + CLTs = stronger affordability.

Could the U.S. follow? bit.ly/4dMMdt3

#HousingPolicy #AffordableHousing

China’s Resale Home Market Shows Signs of Recovery as Major Cities Post Surging March Sales Shanghai Leads Broad Based Recovery in Resale MarketChina's battered property market is showing unexpected signs of life this spring, with...

China’s Resale Home Market Shows Signs of Recovery as Major Cities Post Surging March Sales #China #DeveloperDebt #housingpolicy

Can social housing succeed if cities make housing difficult to build?

Read: bit.ly/4dspfY6

#SocialHousing #HousingPolicy

OPEGA outlines 30‑day review of Maine’s affordable housing tax credit as legislature weighs sunset extension OPEGA told the Government Oversight Committee it completed a 30‑day limited analysis for the Taxation Committee on the state affordable housing income tax credit, finding the credit is one of many tools, that 33 states have similar credits and that evidence on cost‑effectiveness requires deeper study; OPEGA noted the Taxation Committee amended LD 2116 to extend rather than remove the sunset.

OPEGA has revealed critical findings on Maine's affordable housing tax credit, sparking vital discussions about the future of housing in the state.

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#ME #TaxCredits #CitizenPortal #MaineAffordableHousing #HousingPolicy #LegislativeAnalysis

The Canadian Urban Condition: From Promise to Policy Failure —and Back. For decades, Canada treated its cities like ATMs and battlegrounds— without giving them the tools to build. The result is a housing crisis we can see from every park encampment to every impossible lease renewal. This essay lays out what a serious city‑building agenda would require: real supply, rebuilt non‑market housing, zoning reform near transit, and fiscal tools that match responsibilities. Would value your perspective from the ground. If you want honest, practical urbanism — minus the spin — subscribe and share. Policy follows pressure. urbanism, housing policy, Canada, homelessness, zoning, transit, political economy, non-market housing, fiscal federalism, land value tax #Urbanism #CanadaHousing #HousingPolicy #Transit #ZoningReform #Homelessness #CityBuilding #Affordability #NonMarketHousing #LandValueTax

Canada’s urban promise is fraying by design — housing, zoning, and a politics that rewards scarcity. We wrote how we got here and how we get out.

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#Urbanism #CanadaHousing #CityBuilding #ZoningReform #HousingPolicy #Homelessness #CityBuilding

How Zoning Won In 1926, the Supreme Court’s Euclid decision enshrined zoning in US cities. On its 100th anniversary, academics gathered to reflect on the landmark ruling’s mixed legacy.

As the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. turns 100 this year, what lessons have we learned and how can zoning laws adapt to meet the complex realities of modern cities? 🎂

#EuclidVsAmbler #EuclidianZoning #housingpolicy #zoningreform