Not in my backyard (NIMBY) | firsttuesday Journal

The builder self-remedy for housing development

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 22, 2025 | Feature Articles, Home Sales, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

Developers are using the builder’s remedy as a workaround for restrictive local zoning ordinances.

The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) focuses on new construction for California’s economically vulnerable residents

by David Swistock | Apr 12, 2024 | Laws and Regulations, New Laws, Real Estate | 0

In response to the rent crisis, the state of California passed the Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023. [Calif. Health and Safety Code §50610]

New law adds muscle to Attorney General’s Housing Strike Force

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 18, 2023 | New Laws, Real Estate | 0

California’s attorney general will now be able to take swifter action against wayward city councils refusing to follow low- and moderate-income housing solutions in their communities.

HCD awards grants to increase access to housing

by Amy Platero | Jul 28, 2023 | Bay Area, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Orange County, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 0

California is rewarding local agencies with over $352 million in grant funding to help achieve housing and climate goals.

Grants awarded to pro-housing metros

by Amy Platero | Jul 12, 2023 | Bakersfield-Fresno, Bay Area, Economics, first tuesday Local, Inland Empire, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate, Sacramento, San Diego | 2

Was your service area among the 18 awarded with grant funding for having pro-housing policies?

Attorney General files lawsuit against Elk Grove for violating state housing laws

by Amy Platero | May 18, 2023 | first tuesday Local, Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Sacramento | 0

The California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the city of Elk Grove for preventing the development of low-income housing.

California Attorney General clashes with NIMBYs in Huntington Beach

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 23, 2023 | Laws and Regulations, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 0

This is the second time the state has sued Huntington Beach over housing law violations.

NIMBYs judge low-income housing by its sound — and judge wrong

by Ashley Collins | Jan 30, 2023 | Real Estate | 0

Not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) advocates have wagged their fingers and pounded their fists at low-income housing construction, certain it will diminish nearby home values — but that’s simply not true.

New construction doesn’t always mean more homes to go around

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 27, 2023 | Economics, Home Sales, Real Estate | 0

One-in-five new SFRs are built on the site of teardowns – a loss for inventory gains.

California’s new housing strike force prepares for battle — with NIMBYs

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 18, 2022 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate | 0

California’s housing shortage is the latest battleground between state-led initiatives and local governments.

Homebuyers dream bigger, for less

by Casandra Lopez | Jul 7, 2021 | Real Estate | 0

Homebuyers are heading out of California’s major metros towards areas with bigger homes, at lower prices.

Higher density is the cure to California’s housing shortage

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 28, 2020 | Home Sales, Property Management | 0

For every four new Los Angeles residents, just one construction unit was started during the 2010’s.

California’s rent control problem

by Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 29, 2019 | Feature Articles, New Laws, Property Management | 1

This article examines whether or not California’s rent control policies work to keep low-income renters in place, and efforts to change these policies.