J.D. Vance blames zoning, immigrants for high housing costs

Minnesota housing reformers are reintroducing a package of zoning and land-use bills, with a few tweaks.

Texas lawmakers consider a blitz of housing reforms during their biennial session.

Vice President J.D. Vance criticizes zoning regulations for driving up the costs of housing.

San Diego starts walking back its successful "ADU bonus" program.

A handful of similar housing bills failed in the Texas Legislature last year in the face of opposition from local governments and Democrats .

Minnesota 's housing reformers are trying again with the hope that more targeted bills, concessions to localities, and a more evenly divided Legislature with more housing champions will get more policies over the finish line.

San Diego City Council passed a resolution directing planning staff to begin the preliminary work of rolling back the city's ADU Bonus program.

San Diego's City Council has been considering a number of ways of paring back the ADU Bonus Program .

In January , it toyed with a full repeal of the program, but the city's planning director warned that wholesale repeal would likely violate state law.

Instead, the City Council directed staff to draft an ordinance that would limit the applicability of the ADu Bonus Program in some of city's single-family areas.