Government
Oct. 13, 2023
Newsom turns to higher power to ease housing crunch
The “Yes in God’s Back Yard” law gives “use by right” status to new affordable housing on land owned by churches and higher education institutions.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 56 housing related bills on Thursday. The aim is to alleviate the housing crunch in California but it could be years before any success at spurring development is realized.
“I don’t think any one bill is going to result in getting us hundreds of thousands of units built, which is what we need,” said Ellia M. Thompson, an attorney at Venable LLP who represents developers.
But Newsom signed...
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