HUD has established new rules limiting the percentage of units in a building that can get FHA loans. Developers cry foul, calling it a bias against affordable housing and density.
"[Developer] Diana Chevalier, owner of Project Approval Services, said she was so upset when she learned of HUD's new restrictions that she hopped the first plane to Washington, D.C."
"'I took a $1,000 flight, and I met with Margaret Burns,' Chevalier said of the director of HUD's Office of Single Family Program Development. 'What the FHA is doing is trying to limit their exposure in existing condos and new condos and this is their way of monitoring their exposure.'"
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Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
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Los Angeles just elected an urban planner as its mayor
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Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax survives legal challenge
A panel of judges found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate injury as a result of New York City's implementation of the tax.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
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