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Policy
Arizona’s Starter Home Push Stalls Amid Local Pushback
Legislative bids to remove zoning and design mandates in Arizona’s housing-starved metro areas are stuck in limbo. While the bill aims to fast-track affordable homes, local municipality opposition and concerns over investor ownership have derailed it again.
Policy
Florida Escalates Fight For Workforce Housing Authority
The Sunshine State’s latest Live Local Act update strengthens zoning preemptions and adds legal muscle, at odds with city governments that invoke home rule protections to resist affordable housing mandates.
Policy
Zone Offense: North Carolina Moves To Fast-Track By Right Housing
North Carolina legislators are pushing a bipartisan bill that could fast-track housing where people need it most: near jobs and transit. Richard Lawson breaks down what it means, how it compares to other states’ moves, and why developers are watching closely.
Leadership
Homebuilders Must Fight Like Hell For A Tariff Reprieve — Now
As Spring Selling season unfolds, new tariffs on key homebuilding's supply chain threaten to price out thousands of buyers, disrupt costs, and stall momentum by introducing uncertainty that could harm markets indefinitely. Industry leaders must take a vocal stand.
Policy
Trump’s Gambit: Homebuilders Brace For A Tariff Triple-Threat
New tariffs on Canadian and Chinese imports threaten to derail homebuilders’ hard-won cost and margin gains. The ripple effects could push housing costs higher, squeeze builder profits, and reignite inflationary pressures.





housing policy
Policy 05.19.25
Arizona’s Starter Home Push Stalls Amid Local Pushback
Legislative bids to remove zoning and design mandates in Arizona’s housing-starved metro areas are stuck in limbo. While the bill aims to fast-track affordable homes, local municipality opposition and concerns over investor ownership have derailed it again.
Policy 05.08.25
Florida Escalates Fight For Workforce Housing Authority
The Sunshine State’s latest Live Local Act update strengthens zoning preemptions and adds legal muscle, at odds with city governments that invoke home rule protections to resist affordable housing mandates.
Policy 04.09.25
Zone Offense: North Carolina Moves To Fast-Track By Right Housing
North Carolina legislators are pushing a bipartisan bill that could fast-track housing where people need it most: near jobs and transit. Richard Lawson breaks down what it means, how it compares to other states’ moves, and why developers are watching closely.
Leadership 03.05.25
Homebuilders Must Fight Like Hell For A Tariff Reprieve — Now
As Spring Selling season unfolds, new tariffs on key homebuilding's supply chain threaten to price out thousands of buyers, disrupt costs, and stall momentum by introducing uncertainty that could harm markets indefinitely. Industry leaders must take a vocal stand.
Policy 02.03.25
Trump’s Gambit: Homebuilders Brace For A Tariff Triple-Threat
New tariffs on Canadian and Chinese imports threaten to derail homebuilders’ hard-won cost and margin gains. The ripple effects could push housing costs higher, squeeze builder profits, and reignite inflationary pressures.