Policy, Law & Regulation

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (502+ words) Volunteers hit the streets in Redwood City on Saturday to get out the vote in favor of a new rent control measure. If passed in November, Measure E would roll some rents back to 2025 rates and add caps on rent…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (24+ words) Eviction is practically baked into the way Britain manages its tenanted homes. Here’s how it played out—over and over again—for my parents....

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (549+ words) Q: We came home recently to find a gushing water leak in a neighbor’s yard. We tried to contact the neighbor. The front door has a gate with no doorbell. The windows have solar screens. There was a light on in…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (656+ words) A Torrance condo owner was already paying to live in a community with a homeowners association. Then another bill arrived, and this one was for more than $49,000. Stephen Wang told ABC7 Los Angeles that the charge is a special assessment tied…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (191+ words) The measure would establish local rules for rental units, including single-family homes. Measure S reached the November 3 ballot, according to the Richmond Standard's reporting. The measure went to voters rather than being adopted outright. Beyond capping rent hikes, Measure S…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (669+ words) Conversations about new housing often begin with questions about what residents can see: How tall? What will it look like? Where’s the parking? How will it affect traffic? Those questions are fair. They are not the only way people experience…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (136+ words) 77°11:48 pm EDT Mostly clear Georgetown County Council has – by a vote of 4-3 – given second reading approval to a request to rezone a 308.82-acre tract off Johnny’s River Road to a Flexible Design District (FDD) for The Four Seasons development. Voting…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (568+ words) The owner described the draft as "riddled with misapplied and made-up laws created by AI." An Arizona condo owner says a five-page proposal from their HOA allegedly ballooned into a 17-page document packed with what the resident described as AI-generated…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (747+ words) A scammer doesn’t need to hack your homeowners association. They may only need to look at information your community already makes available. Meeting minutes, membership records and other association documents can contain details about the people who live in a…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1234+ words) Barrington will host a public workshop on September 28 to explore how local zoning rules affect housing production and affordability. The town currently stands well below the state's 10% affordable housing benchmark at 3.70%. With Barrington's median home price at $755,000 and affordable housing…...