| November 18, 2021
Up for Growth Action Applauds Senate Introduction of the Build More Housing Near Transit Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Up for Growth Action today announced its support of the Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2021, a bill introduced by U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) that would spur much-needed housing development near transit locations while fulfilling critical public transportation, economic development and environmental goals in communities nationwide confronting […]
| November 4, 2021
Latest Build Back Better Package Retains Commitment to Unlocking Possibilities Program
WASHINGTON, DC – Up for Growth Action today applauded the inclusion of the Unlocking Possibilities program in the latest version of the Build Back Better reconciliation bill released by the House Rules Committee this week. Outlined in Section 40103 of the Fiscal year 2022 budget reconciliation package, the provision provides $1.75 billion in competitive grants to states, local […]
Federal Policy | July 29, 2021
Ending Single-Family Zoning? Not Quite.
Once an obscure issue reserved for the few who decided to attend local planning and zoning board meetings, single-family zoning is now in the white-hot spotlight, both at the national level and in cities and states across the country. Earlier this month, an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle decried the added costs of single-family-only zoning on […]
Federal Policy | May 5, 2021
How Up for Growth Works With Members Like Association of Washington Cities to Provide the Support for Pro-Housing Policy
In March, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) with Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) in the House of Representatives, introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Housing Supply and Affordability Act (HSAA), introduced this Congress as S. 902 and H.R. 2126. The legislation creates a Local Housing Policy […]
Analysis | March 26, 2021
How Can America Build Communities Back Better? Advancing Accessible Growth Can Improve Affordability, Equity, Health and the Environment.
Housing should always be an opportunity, never an obstacle. Unfortunately, because of poor policy choices, low-income and minority people have been systematically zoned out from America’s high opportunity and job-rich neighborhoods. As I have written about in the past, the government has played a crucial, often intentional, role in creating a housing market that incentivizes […]
Federal Policy | January 29, 2021
What we’ve learned about President Biden’s housing agenda
Shortly after then-candidate Joe Biden named then-Senator Kamala Harris to his Presidential ticket, we examined what her selection would mean for housing. Senator Harris had an extensive track record on housing, including sponsoring the Up for Growth Action-backed Housing is Infrastructure Act. Her housing background complemented an already robust plan put forward by the Biden campaign. Her focus includes […]
Federal Policy | December 11, 2020
Biden taps Rep. Fudge for HUD Secretary. What does it mean for housing?
On Tuesday, news broke that the incoming Biden-Harris administration would nominate Representative Marcia Fudge (D-OH) as the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The choice was a surprise. The Congressional Black Caucus, and in particular House Majority Whip and close Biden confidant Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), promoted Rep. Fudge for Secretary […]
Federal Policy | November 6, 2020
What We Know About Election 2020
While the ballots are still being counted in Election 2020, the contours of the 117th Congress and who will occupy the White House are coming into focus. Vice President Biden is on the cusp of victory after overtaking President Trump’s initial lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia, while growing his advantage in Nevada. President Trump and […]
Analysis | October 23, 2020
Salt Lake City Can Advance Housing Equity by Leaning into Accessible Growth
Earlier this week, I gave a presentation on Housing Underproduction in Utah to the Utah Land Use Institute at their 2020 Fall Meeting. What follows is a lightly edited version of my remarks. Since the 1960s, cities and states across the country have produced about 1.1 new housing units for every household formed – young people moving […]
Federal Policy | October 9, 2020
Economic Development Begins with Pro-Housing Policy
Few matters of public policy have as broad of an impact as housing. As we’ve written in our previous insights reports, housing is central to combating climate change. Transportation policy and planning is inextricably linked to housing, and vice versa. As housing goes, so goes the economy and economic recovery. Racial justice and equity cannot be achieved without […]