| May 16, 2022
Up for Growth Action Praises Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan
Washington, DC – Up for Growth Action, a federal advocacy organization that advocates for policies to achieve housing equity, eliminate systemic barriers, and create more homes, today released the following statement from CEO Mike Kingsella, who praised the Biden Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan, a multi-faceted proposal designed to address the nation’s urgent housing affordability and supply crisis: “The […]
| May 11, 2022
National Coalition Says Retooling LERTA Tax Incentive Program Could Enhance Pittsburgh’s New Inclusionary Zoning Law
Marriage of Pittsburgh's Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance Program with new inclusionary housing rules could make program more workable and spur additional housing production
| February 22, 2022
GBX Group CEO Drew Sparacia Joins Up for Growth Action Board of Directors
Washington, DC – Up for Growth Action, a federal advocacy organization that advocates for policies to achieve housing equity, eliminate systemic barriers, and create more homes, today announced the appointment of Drew Sparacia to its board of directors. Sparacia is Founding Partner and CEO of Cleveland-based GBX Group, a real estate investment firm specializing in preserving, […]
| 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 […]
Exclusionary Zoning | 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 […]