- You may have seen that the House passed the Build Back Better Act this week. It now goes to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is hoping to get the bill done by Christmas.
- As a reminder, here is a summary of the housing provisions in the BBB Act.
- The San Francisco Planning Commission has approved a plan to upzone 110,000 parcels currently zoned for single-family homes or duplexes. The plan will now go to the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee.
- I was fortunate enough to participate in this panel on solutions to homelessness, organized by the California Association of Realtors.
- The Los Angeles Times has a good summary of the debate over whether Sacramento should implement a formal “right to housing.”
- Bloomberg on the disappearance of America’s public bathrooms.
- Along similar lines, here is a nice piece about a “hygiene hub” offering laundry, showers, and bathrooms to unhoused people in the Tenderloin.
- Local governments are racing to pass ordinances that would blunt the impact of SB 9.
- The University of California student housing shortage has gotten so bad that schools are placing students in hotels.
- And lastly, here is a damning review of that new anti-Housing First book.