FHFA’s RFI on tenant protections attracted 3,522 comments, the vast majority from tenants voicing support. Industry groups argued that the economics of rent control just don’t work.
Community awareness of and reckoning with systemic racism following the BLM protests in 2020 appears to have led lenders to reduce the interest rate gap between Black and white borrowers.
Reform efforts in the state have focused on increasing the inventory of residentially-zoned land while leaving unaddressed underlying cost drivers constraining feasibility, according to researchers.