Remedies when the city council breaks housing laws
Assembly bill 712 holds local agencies accountable through painful money penalties and protections for applicants when agencies fail to follow housing reform laws.
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Tag: development
To evolve, reuse buildings as housing, now
A new law approaches the housing shortage from the intuitive angle of reducing local agency discretion — the red tape leash — for adapting vacant commercial structures for reuse as housing projects.
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May an owner of developable property encumbered by an undisclosed easement recover under a policy of title insurance the diminution in value based on the property’s highest and best use?
A California appeals court holds the property’s value under a title insurance policy is based on the highest and best use.
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Don’t be left high & dry — consider water supplies before buying property
Our guest writers discuss water rights and use when buying property.
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Change the law: amend zoning laws to promote multi-family construction
Our proposal to update zoning regulations to promote development.
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