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2025 is shaping up to be a banner year for legislation aimed at boosting new housing construction. Rental rights bills are facing an “uphill battle.”

One of this year’s most contentious construction bills, Senate Bill 426 has passed through the Oregon Senate. It’s on its way to the floor of the state House.

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would pause updates to state housing standards. Is the building code to blame for California’s housing crisis?

It’s been five months since California’s legislative leaders deemed affordability an “urgent” issue for the session. So far: committees, bills, but few results.

Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, said the bill is a step to address Oregon’s housing crisis.

A growing number of older adults are ending up homeless for the first time — often after a lifetime of work. With few options, little support and growing health risks, being older and homeless comes with unique difficulties.

The bill's chief sponsor is State Rep. Pam Marsh (D-Ashland), who said people living in manufactured home parks face unique difficulties when their rent increases because they own their home, but not the land or water it's on.

Lawmakers in Salem have yet to tackle the biggest items — such as passing a budget and debating a major transportation package

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

The median home price in California is over $800,000 -– according to the California Association of Realtors. That’s about double what it is nationwide.

Oregon lawmakers are considering banning the use of AI to set rents, and limiting the exceptions to the state’s rent stabilization law.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers support for housing and people experiencing homelessness; it appears to be the next agency facing layoffs as the Trump administration continues its mission to scale back the size of the federal government.