Affordable Housing
New Jersey court strikes down town’s use of eminent domain to skirt affordable housing mandate
A New Jersey town's attempt to bypass the state's affordable housing mandate has hit a roadblock. On June 27, the New Jersey Superior Court upheld a trial court ruling preventing Middletown Township from using…
Pacific Legal Foundation Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Euclid v. Ambler Realty
Illustration: Lex Villena; Lev Kropotov Next year is the 100th anniversary of Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty, the Supreme Court decision upholding exclusionary zoning. I think Euclid is one of the worst supreme Court…
Charlottesville, Virginia’s zoning code accidentally abolished by NIMBY lawsuit
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: The Supreme Court's decision not to take up a major challenge to Los Angeles' COVID-era eviction moratorium Maine passes…
California Passes Important New YIMBY Housing Law
NA On Monday, California enacted an important new law breaking down a key regulatory barrier to new housing construction. The CalMatters website has a helpful summary: A decade-spanning political battle between housing…
California enacts sweeping exemption to development-killing environmental law
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to the latest edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter includes stories on: The triumphant, albeit technical, return of missing middle housing in Arlington, Virginia New York's Rent…
New Jersey towns face setback in lawsuit against state’s affordable housing mandate
Earlier this month, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy rejected a lawsuit filed by Local Leaders for Responsible Planning (LLRP)—a coalition of 29 New Jersey townships—alleging that the state's affordable…
How Texas beat California on housing
San Francisco and Austin are both known for their trendsetting tech sectors and cultural scenes. But while Austin is enjoying the best of times, for San Francisco, it's starting to feel like the worst. San…
Mike Lee’s public lands proposal doesn’t sell off enough land
Sen. Mike Lee's (R–Utah) proposal to require the sale of a de minimis amount of Western public lands was dealt a potentially fatal blow yesterday when the Senate parliamentarian ruled that the provision could not be…
On housing, all New York politicians are socialists
Zohran Mamdani's upset victory in the New York Democratic Mayoral Primary on Tuesday puts the self-proclaimed socialist one step closer to enacting his far-ranging left-wing agenda. At the top of the candidate's…
State affordable housing law forces it to seize family farm
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: A vetoed housing supply bill in Connecticut. A gutting of San Diego's productive "bonus ADU" program. The legacy of…
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