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Housing Industry Update 2025 - Mid-Year Report

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Across the United States, empty office buildings have become a common sight. According to Moody’s Analytics, office vacancies are at their highest since the 1990s. The COVID hangover has left us with an abundance of vacant or...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Staying Ahead of the Curve: Legislative Updates for Nevada CRE Clients

During the Nevada Legislature’s regular 2025 session, state lawmakers considered a total of 601 Assembly Bills (“AB”), 508 Senate Bills (“SB”), and 28 joint resolutions, with much of the action occurring during the last week...more

Cozen O'Connor

Broad Street Brief: Club World Cup Offers Preview of 2026

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City Invests in Certifying CTE Teachers- Philadelphia City Council allocated $500,000 to help Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers cover certification costs, addressing a teacher shortage and supporting growing...more

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Bridging the Gap: Supply Shortfalls and Soaring Demand in the UK Build-to-Rent Sector

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The UK faces a significant housing crisis due to an acute shortage of homes caused by high capital costs, increasing construction and development expenses, regulatory and political uncertainty, and persistent delays in the...more

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City Council Approves Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan

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On May 28, 2025, the New York City Council approved the city-led Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan (AAMUP, pronounced "aim up"), rezoning a low-density industrial stretch of Atlantic Avenue and surrounding blocks in Brooklyn’s...more

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From Vacancy to Vibrancy: Empire State Development’s Vision for Long Island Housing

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On March 27, 2025, Empire State Development, New York State’s chief economic development agency, announced the launch of the Long Island Forward Housing Program (LIFHP), a $10 million initiative designed to promote and...more

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Major Long Island City Rezoning Enters Public Review

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On April 21, 2025, the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) certified the city-led Long Island City Neighborhood Plan, known as OneLIC, into public review. OneLIC seeks to build on Long Island City’s status as one of...more

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Proposed Bill Would Impact Economic Development Efforts within CRAs

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The Community Redevelopment Act of 1969 authorizes counties and municipalities to create CRAs as a means for redeveloping slums and blighted areas in the community. Once created, CRAs adopt a Community Redevelopment Plan...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act Will Expand Access To Smaller Projects | Spilman Thomas & Battle

Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, and Mark Warner, D-Virginia, introduced S. 631, which focuses on rural historic tax credit (HTC) use and also includes transferability for small projects (those...more

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Broad Street Brief: NE Philly Recovers From Shocking Plane Crash

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City Council to Consider Labor Law Enforcement, Lead Paint Disclosure Deadline Bills - During Thursday’s meeting, City Councilmember Kendra Brooks (At-Large) introduced legislation to enhance City enforcement of labor laws...more

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Cozen Cities - January 22, 2025

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CHICAGO — Data Shows City’s Labor Market Stabilizing - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said the latest jobs report suggests the labor market is stabilizing at full employment and is not a sign of an...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Event] Uniting for Action: A Discussion on Collaborating Solutions for Central Ohio’s Housing Future - October 18th,...

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Local and state elected officials, community stakeholders, private developers, and employers are grappling with Ohio’s recognized lack of high-quality, workforce-attainable housing options. While Ohio has been successful in...more

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“You are a New Yorker the first time you say, ‘'That used to be…’”

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According to one of my favorite novelists, Colson Whitehead, “No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the first time you say, 'That used to be Munsey's' or ‘That used to be the Tic Toc Lounge.’”  I have a...more

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New York’s 421-a (16) Program Extension

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To address the ongoing need for affordable housing in New York, Governor Hochul and the state legislature have passed additional incentives to spur affordable housing development....more

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NYC Mayor Adams Launches Extensive Zoning Initiative to Promote Residential Development

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On September 21, 2023, the Adams administration revealed details for the third of three City of Yes zoning initiatives, City of Yes for Housing Opportunity. In line with Mayor Adams’ moonshot goal of providing 500,000 new...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

An Overview of Amendments to the New Jersey Aspire Program

What You Need to Know- •The New Jersey Aspire Program has been amended to incentivize developers seeking to close project financing gap costs associated with commercial, mixed use, and residential real estate development...more

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D.C. Office of Planning Recommends Not Moving Forward with Inclusionary Zoning Amendment

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The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) filed a petition in December 2021 to amend Subtitle I of the Zoning Regulations to apply the Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) program to currently exempt Downtown...more

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Anti-Housing CEQA Lawsuits Filed in 2020 Challenge Nearly 50% of California’s Annual Housing Production

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Holland & Knight Partner Jennifer L. Hernandez, leader of the firm's West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group, recently authored an industry report for the Center for Jobs & The Economy, whose mission is to identify and...more

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Latest Updates on D.C. Planning Studies

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As part of its efforts to implement changes outlined in the 2021 Comprehensive Plan Update, the District of Columbia Office of Planning (OP) has undertaken multiple initiatives. These are at various stages in the planning...more

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Surplus Land Act Requirements Expand for Local Agencies

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Part 2: New California Housing Laws - Agencies will have expanded roles under the Surplus Land Act, and will have to satisfy new housing element requirements under Assembly Bill 1486, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on...more

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Key Takeaways from Intersection of Opportunity Zones and Affordable Housing Forum

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Nashville’s public, private and nonprofit sectors converged recently to explore how the new Opportunity Zones incentive program could impact affordable housing in Nashville. ...more

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Redevelopment 2.0 On The Books For 2019?

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Ever since the demise of redevelopment agencies in 2012, there have been a variety of legislative efforts to revive, incrementally or in whole, some form of redevelopment in California....more

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Health Care Districts Facing New Requirements Under AB 2019 - Impacts to Information Sharing, Grant Policies and More

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Assembly Bill 2019, signed into law last month by Gov. Jerry Brown, imposes additional requirements on California’s health care districts. ...more

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2018 California Public Agency Laws – Part II - Housing and Land Use, Environment, Public Property/Public Works and Economic...

The California Legislature was busy in 2017, which means plenty of laws passed in Sacramento that will impact public agencies. In this three-part series, Best Best & Krieger LLP gives a comprehensive summary of the new laws...more

Stinson LLP

Emerging Trends in Tax Credit Finance: Expansion of Renewable, Development, Housing Programs

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On December 18, 2015, the landscape improved for individuals and businesses looking to invest in affordable housing, economic development and renewable energy projects. Congress passed and the President signed into law the...more

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