Many people who are not in the weeds of often obscure and nerdy housing policy do not know about Governor Kotek’s housing record. As Speaker of the Oregon House in 2019, she was responsible f…

A nine-week remote open-source challenge to build transparent tools that estimate how state-level housing reforms affect housing supply.

Over the past three decades, most new homes in California have been built in or near the wildland-urban interface (WUI). As catastrophic fires in the WUI grow worse with climate change, effective…

Modern building codes are designed to ensure the safety and comfort of the residents of new buildings. By regulating issues such as building materials, fire safety, stairway design, and other common…

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Trump and populist Dems have linked arms to “fix” the housing crisis.

Some Spokane politicians want to replace the existing property tax system with one that shifts tax burden from homes, apartments and many commercial properties and place it instead onto parking lots ...

A new law in Idaho will force cities to allow homes on 1,500-square-foot lots, with the goal of bringing down home prices and preserving agricultural lands.