A Chandler Listens workshop held Aug. 5, 2025, gave residents and stakeholders a chance to weigh community vision, mixed-use areas, housing density and land-use scenarios before the city completed its 2026 General Plan update.
The U.N. renewed its urban agenda through 2036, but cities will need housing finance, local authority, usable data and climate-resilience funding to deliver results.
A proposed Rockwall zoning amendment would allow one new HUD-code manufactured home on qualifying SFE-4.0 property, subject to an 1,800-square-foot minimum and extensive site standards.
U.S. construction spending edged down in June, while activity in the first half of 2026 was 3.5% below the same period in 2025.
A proposed DOJ judgment would limit Willow Bridge’s use of competitors’ rental data and pricing software. The deal is not final and will face public comment.
Streets to Home Indy says it has housed more than 200 people, with participants taking just under 30 days on average to move into housing.
Croton-on-Hudson trustees are considering local site-plan and zoning amendments after New York created new SEQRA qualifying actions for certain housing projects, including projects of up to 300 dwelling units in census-defined urban areas when additional conditions are met.
Idaho Falls has proposed three CDBG planning documents covering housing, shelter, transit and neighborhood needs. City records set a July 9 council resolution milestone and an extended August 16 HUD submission deadline, but final adoption and submission were not confirmed in the records reviewed for this article.
House Bill 1588 makes multifamily housing in qualifying commercial zones a by-right use, while House Bill 1010 preserves infrastructure review for roads, water and sewer capacity.
A proposed Sacramento County zoning rewrite discussed at a July 1 Fair Oaks workshop could affect multifamily housing, triplexes, fourplexes, commercial corridors and adaptive-reuse projects. The workshop was non-voting, and no zoning changed.
A preliminary Amarillo Continuum of Care list places two City projects in Tier 1 and four new housing or supportive-services projects in Tier 2 while local appeals remain open through Aug. 5.
New Brunswick’s 2026-27 CDBG and HOME grant year is underway, but the first documented step is an administrative contract—not a final project award or completed neighborhood improvement.
Monterey Park’s Aug. 5 council meeting is the key step toward a proposed November housing-overlay measure for vacant or underused commercial and industrial sites.
Garden Grove’s Aug. 11 virtual Homebuyer 101 workshop is required for applicants seeking possible deferred, zero-interest assistance of up to $110,000.
Corona approved a revised Skyline Heights plan west of Foothill Parkway and north of Skyline Drive, reducing the earlier project by 16 dwelling units and designating 11.42 acres for parks, trails and trailheads.
Fayetteville broadened sewer-connection assistance to households earning up to 120% of area median income, with approved applicants eligible for the current $5,000 PWC assessment and up to $1,000 toward qualifying private work.
Stockton approved key entitlements July 7 for a planned 2,241-home Bear Creek South project near West Lane and Morada Lane, while a separate LAFCo annexation process remains.
Fontana planners are scheduled to hear a proposal for 37 detached homes on Citrus Avenue, including three affordable residences, at a public hearing Tuesday, August 4.
Act 64 took effect August 1, giving Baton Rouge renters affected by stalking or cyberstalking a statutory path to seek early lease termination—if they provide the required documentation and certification.
California’s SB 79 is now operative near qualifying transit stops, while Mountain View separately prepares an R3 zoning update that could affect a much broader share of the city’s housing.
A Hawaii relief program now limits new applications to eligible households with minor dependent children, while FEMA is raising rents for some of the roughly 600 survivors still in temporary housing.
Livermore’s council unanimously adopted General Plan 2045 on July 27, certifying its final environmental review and setting long-range policy for housing, mobility, infrastructure, conservation and future development.
