Right now, some transfer taxes (specifically, Measure ULA in Los Angeles) are making it more expensive to build, buy, finance, and operate multifamily housing.But things are poised to change. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has placed a measure on the November ballot that would eliminate transfer taxes like ULA (good!), but it would also make it much harder for local jurisdictions to pass…
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👉 Use This Script 👈Illinois has just one law aimed at building affordable homes in our most expensive communities — the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act (AHPAA). It's 20 years old, and it's overdue for a tune-up. HB 5198 is that fix, and it needs your senator's vote now.The bill has cleared a major hurdle. Now it's the Senate's turn — and your senator needs to hear that you'…
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Illinois Senate Bill SB640, as amended, is intended to help address Illinois’ housing shortage by legalizing more “missing middle” housing — smaller multifamily homes like duplexes, fourplexes, and courtyard apartments. But two provisions added to the latest version of the bill could seriously weaken its impact and make it harder to build new homes in Chicago and across the state.While thes…
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The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 396–13, a major step forward for housing abundance and affordability nationwide.Now the focus shifts to the Senate.If there’s one thing to do right now, it’s this: email your Senators and urge them to quickly take up and pass the House version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housin…
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Thanks for taking action! This alert is no longer active. The US House passed 21st Century ROAD on May 20. The bill now moves to the Senate. Email your Senator here!The House is expected to vote this Wednesday (May 20) on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and this is a moment where YIMBY voices can make a real difference. If there’s one thing to do right now, it’s this: email your Representat…
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What’s at StakeMichigan is facing a housing shortage and the state must act with intention to fix it! Across Michigan, rising housing costs are forcing people to make impossible choices. Longtime residents are struggling to keep up with the cost of staying in their homes. This effect is felt across residents of all ages. At the same time, restrictive land use rules are limiting the number of ho…
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Colorado is facing a housing shortage that is pushing people out of the communities they love. Lawmakers have a chance to take meaningful action right now — but they need to hear from you. Send a message today urging your Senator to vote YES on HB26-1308. What’s at Stake Across Colorado, rising housing costs are forcing people to make impossible choices. Longtime residents are struggling…
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The Governor has issued amendments to Parking Reform (HB 888). Now, the General Assembly must act during the April 22 veto session. Email your Delegate and Senator and urge them to ACCEPT the Governor’s amendments. Why This Matters Outdated parking mandates make housing more expensive and harder to build. HB 888 takes a practical step by: Limiting excessive parking requirements near tran…
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Tell Virginia Legislators: Vote YES on Faith in Housing The finish line is here. We can’t let this bill stall now. The Governor has issued amendments to Faith in Housing (HB 1279/ SB 388) — and now it’s up to the Legislature to take final action during the April 22 veto session. 👉 Tell your Delegate & Senator to vote YES to affirm the Governor’s amendments. Why This Matters Virginia is…
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The clock is ticking. The Faith in Housing bill (SB388 / HB1279) is now awaiting action from Gov. Abigail Spanberger, with a decision deadline of April 13 at midnight. Opponents are pushing hard to water the bill down or stop it entirely. We can’t let that happen. Virginia’s housing shortage is pushing costs higher and forcing people out of the communities they love. The Faith in Housing bill (…
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The Seattle City Council has a once-in-a-decade chance to finally tackle our housing shortage. We are now in Phase 2 of the Comprehensive Plan, which focuses specifically on Transit Corridors and Neighborhood Centers. This is the moment the Council decides how many new neighbors we’ll welcome into the areas with the best access to shops, parks, and transit. Unfortunately, the initial draft was w…
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Call your Rep & Senators today!👉 Use This Script 👈YIMBYs, we need your help! YIMBY Action and our allies are pushing Congress to fix the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. This is the largest pro-housing bill Congress has considered in DECADES, but it has one major flaw: It includes a provision that would effectively ban the construction of new, build-to-rent communities - eliminating 10% of new …
5 bills, one goal.The Commonwealth Housing Coalition's bill package - five bipartisan housing bills - passed the General Assembly and now sit on Governor Spanberger's desk. While all five bills address different aspects of the housing shortage, they all work together to expand supply, cut costs, and break down barriers that keep home out of reach for working Virginians.Faith communities want to b…
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There are lots of reasons why housing in California is expensive. Two of them are:Building condos requires an expensive kind of insurance that isn't necessary for single-family homes. AB 1903 would eliminate this requirement and make it easier and cheaper to build condos.All new multi-family buildings over 3 stories are required to have 2 stairways. This bill would allow buildings up to 6 stories…
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Hey there, YIMBYs of Arizona! NIMBYs have introduced HB 2375, an extremely vague historic preservation exemption giving cities a way out from building more housing. Send a letter to your representative telling them to vote NO on this harmful bill. This would be a huge set back for 2024's HB 2721, legislation that paved the way for missing middle housing development in central business districts. …
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19 housing units in Echo Park at 1925 Montrose St!
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Write in to support 6000 Hollywood and oppose endless appeals
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Don't let the Virginia House kill Faith In Housing!We just got word that the House is trying to force a "re-enactment clause" on the Faith in Housing bill - which is just a fancy way of killing the bill.After all our hard work, we cannot let the bill die like this.Tell your Delegate to make Faith In Housing law THIS YEAR!
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Illinois is facing a growing housing affordability crisis and we won’t solve it without building more homes. The BUILD Plan (HB 5626 + SB 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, and 4071) is a comprehensive package of reforms designed to remove outdated barriers to housing and make it easier to build the homes Illinois needs. For too long, red tape and exclusionary zoning have limited options, driven up c…
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Tell House & Senate to vote YES on Housing Near Jobs: Virginia’s "Housing Near Jobs" bills are making their way through the legislative process, but they’re not across the finish line yet. The legislation would make it easier to build homes in commercial and business areas where jobs, infrastructure, and transportation networks already exist. These bills are critical to reducing long commutes, l…
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The HOME Act (HB26-1001) will help build housing that Coloradans can afford by removing barriers for public schools and universities, nonprofits with a history of building affordable housing, public housing authorities, and transit agencies that are willing to build housing on their underutilized land. This policy will open up more housing opportunities in the heart of our communities and lower h…
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Parking Reform: The Home Stretch As we near the end of Session, Virginia’s Parking Reform bills have faced some tough sledding! There is one parking reform bill left alive: HB 888. That bill passed the House 61-37 and the Senate 21-19. It's now headed back to the House for final approval.We need your voice to help push parking reform across the finish line! ✅ A Brief Recap HB 888 creates guidel…
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ADU's: The Home Stretch As we near the end of Session , the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADUs) bills — HB 611 and SB 531 — have met different fates. The House version, HB 611, has died; however, the Senate version, SB 531 has passed the House and Senate! Now, SB 531 heads back to the Senate for final approval! ✅ A Brief Recap SB 531 requires local governments to allow ADUs in single fam…
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Faith in Housing: The Home Stretch As we near the end of Session, Virginia’s Faith in Housing bills — HB 1279 and SB 388 — have passed the House and Senate respectively. Now, they cross over and are considered by the opposite chambers. In this moment, we need to push them across the finish line. ✅ A Brief Recap These bills allow faith institutions and certain nonprofits to build aff…
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The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee will hear HB 1143 this Thursday morning. This is a critical moment to speak up and show strong support. What the bill does: HB 1143 stops local governments from piling on new, costly regulations that make it harder to build and improve homes. For residential properties already served by public water and sewer, it prevents new restrictions that slow hou…
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Thanks for taking action! Great news: The bill passed on Feb 9. so this CTA is no longer active.📣 Urge Congress to Support the Housing for the 21st Century Act! The Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 6644) is a bipartisan bill moving through the U.S. House of Representatives that would take meaningful steps to increase the supply of affordable, quality housing and modernize federal h…
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Colorado’s housing shortage is pricing families, workers, and seniors out of their communities. HB26-1001, the Housing Opportunities Made Easier (HOME) Act, removes unnecessary local barriers so affordable homes can be built faster on underused public and nonprofit land.✅ Why This Bill Matters to You HB26-1001 will help: 🏠 Create more homes faster by cutting red tape and lengthy rezoning ba…
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The California Coastal Commission is meeting February 5th and 6th. They need to take strong measures opening up access by increasing housing on our coasts instead of limiting housing. The attention on short term rentals is a distraction from the real issue: housing supply shortages.
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Governor Newsom has had two goals this year:1) Defeat President Trump2) Build more housing in California. He orchestrated necessary reforms to our environmental review process that had been used to block thousands of homes, and he signed the YIMBY movement's bill that legalized apartments near train stations.These two things are more closely related than you'd think -- due to California's housing…
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This bill has the potential to unlock tens of thousands of new affordable homes across California by making it easier for cities to build homes next to their train stations and bus stops.The Senate is reviewing the bill this week, so show your support NOW to let your Senator know that you want more affordable homes!
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This bill has the potential to unlock tens of thousands of affordable homes across Colorado by making it faster and easier for education and faith-based organizations to build affordable homes on their land.The Senate is reviewing the bill this week, so show your support NOW to let your Senator know that you want more affordable homes!
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Every person, regardless of their life circumstances or background, has a: Right to Housing: a safe home that meets their needs. Right to Opportunity: high-quality jobs, services, schools, and other public resources close to home. Right to Affordability: a home that costs no more than 25% of their income To make this real, we need housing abundance. W…
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The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the target for significant planned funding cuts by the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Bloomberg Law reported that HUD’s union president says that HUD plans to “discharge 50% of its workforce.”Specifically, cuts outlined by Bloomberg Law would include:The research and policy development division; The division that en…
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We need members like you say VOTE YES on upcoming Missing Middle Ordinance. Your voice matters!
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Instead of this......we could have this.For decades, homelessness in LA has been a very visible and complicated problem. Building housing that is affordable for very low-income households is one of the solutions to getting people off the streets.In March, the City of LA's Department of Planning released a proposal that allows all of LA's single-family-only neighborhoods to continue to ban apartme…
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Support AB 2553 for more homes near transitImagine living close enough to public transportation that you’d never have to drive again…If we build more homes near major transit stations, more people can live a life where going to their homes, jobs, friends, and hobbies doesn’t require driving.California Assembly Bill 2553 aims to streamline the development of new housing near public transit …
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Support CA Assembly Bill 3068 for more office-to-housing conversionsCalifornians across the state are severely impacted by the housing shortage, even though there are plenty of vacant buildings. It’s time that we get more creative about what can bring us closer to a future where every person has access to an affordable home near jobs and services.The solution can be found in office buildings, lik…
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For decades we haven’t built enough homes for people across the U.S, and housing prices are sky-high. Most people have been displaced themselves or know someone who has had to leave their community because they couldn’t find an affordable place to live. As housing advocates, we envision communities where people can find homes near where they work, shop, and play. Unfortunately, many places have a…
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Support 1,521 new homes, including apartments that are reserved for people with low incomes. The homes on Fourth & Central are on an 8-acre campus that has neighborhood amenities like grocery stores, a post office, and shopping. The project site is located at the intersection of Downtown LA's Arts District, Little Tokyo, and Industrial District, within walking distance of the new Metro Little Tok…
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It’s no surprise that the wealthy town of Beverly Hills is reluctant to build affordable homes. But the State of California is requiring wealthy cities to build, and Beverly Hills has received a proposal for 165 apartments, with 33 of them reserved for people with low incomes. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has now notified the city that this denial violates …
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100% affordable housing. We need more of that. Mayor Bass’ Executive Directive 1 (ED1) has been an extraordinarily successful tool to build more affordable housing much more quickly than was previously possible. There are affordable homes under construction now that are only possible because of ED1. However, since its inception, it has been watered down again and again.We call on Mayor Bass and L…
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With the 2024 Virginia Legislative Session drawing to a close, it is important that we thank those legislators who repeatedly went to bat for pro-housing bills since the session's start! You can find a list of pro-housing bill sponsors here. To avoid flooding our champions' inboxes with repeated messages, we are instead asking pro-housing supporters to:Sign this "thank you" petition.Leave a short…
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The Carpinteria Architectural Review Board will be hearing the The Carpinteria Farm Preserve & Bungalows Retreat project on January 25th. This plan is a collaboration between a commercial developer proposing a 99-room bungalow retreat and People's Self-Help Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer proposing 41 apartments. The overall project would preserve open space on 70% of the coastl…
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The United States is in the middle of a housing affordability crisis, driven by a severe underproduction of housing. The housing shortage is particularly acute in walkable, transit-served locations. While demand for walkable, transit-oriented housing has increased, housing production has not followed.The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) currently provides funding for transit projects, but the…
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The United States is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis that disproportionately affects low-income families who often have to pick between affording rent and putting food on the table. Existing efforts to provide affordable homes have fallen short, with ongoing structural racism and segregation within our communities exacerbating challenges for low-income families to access areas with …
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The United States' efforts to provide accessible and affordable homes for all individuals have fallen short. In particular, senior citizens and people with disabilities face significant challenges in finding affordable housing options, as most homes do not have accommodations that meet their accessibility needs.The current nationwide program aimed at providing affordable housing, the Low-Income H…
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The United States has underproduced housing by millions of homes in recent decades, driving up prices and pushing people out of their neighborhoods. Tens of millions of Americans struggle to keep a roof over their heads due to these extreme prices, and recent inflation rates have only made it worse. In fact, economists estimate that housing accounts for as much as one-third of inflation. The impa…
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Housing is too expensive for millions of Californians.The California Social Housing Act can help fix that.Inspired by successful models in Europe and Asia, this bill will create self-sustaining housing that will be permanently affordable to working Californians of all income levels.AB2053 would create a state agency to acquire and build mixed-income rental and ownership housing across Californi…
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The Build Back Better Act includes crucial funding that will help end homelessness in the US. The House of Representatives passed the bill on November 19th, and it’s been waiting to be passed by the Senate ever since.On Sunday, Senator Joe Manchin said he wouldn't vote for the bill. But we need these historic housing investments to help end homelessness, fund low-income housing, and preserve exis…
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Send a letter to Atlanta City Council to let them know you support safe, stable, and affordable homes for seniors.
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Join the Asheville Missing Middle Response Team!
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Santa Rosa needs vibrant commercial and cultural amenities to improve quality of life and to compete with rival North Bay commercial and tourist destinations. The best way near-term way for the city to accomplish both is to open 4th Street between B Street and D Street to exclusive pedestrian use.
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Let's convert the dilapidated Garage 5 (on 3rd St.) into needed housing downtown
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Sign our petition to let the City Council know that you support the creation of 7 neighborhood centers in NW Seattle
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Sign our petition to let the City Council know that you welcome more neighbors in Greenwood
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Join your Maple Leaf neighbors in welcoming more homes and neighbors to your community
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These are comments made by our organization to the Alexandria City Council for 18 October 2025
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2026 is a surprisingly election-filled year in Alexandria! We are working to educate voters on the candidates' housing policies, and making endorsements when we are able to do so.
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