California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that enacts major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that are designed to increase the availability of affordable housing across the state. KCRA reports the new law takes effect today and will...
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont vetoed a contentious housing bill that would have imposed affordable housing target numbers on the state’s localities. According to combined media outlets, HB 5002 would have required localities to meet a baseline for the number of housing...
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC), announced the closing of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Fund 98, which is investing more than $208 million in the development and rehabilitation of affordable rental...
A coalition of affordable housing, tenants’ rights and anti-poverty activist groups is planning to hold a march through downtown Toronto on June 14 to protest what they describe as a housing crisis created by “corporate greed and government inaction.” In a press...
At a time when states and localities are looking to cut property taxes and increase affordable housing, the Board of Commissioners in North Carolina’s Wake County went the opposite route in passing a $2.17 billion budget that raises property taxes and reduces proposed...