Topic
Housing
754 published works
Financial Services Perspectives
HUD and Ginnie Mae Explore Major Changes to the Reverse Mortgage Industry
By James W. Wright Jr., John Thomas Mostellar III
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a request for information (RFI) on October 2, 2025 titled “Future of the HECM and HMBS Programs and Opportunities for…
Legal Theory Blog
Wolf on the Possible Demise of Zoning
Michael Allan Wolf (University of Florida Levin College of Law) has posted Goodbye, Zoning? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: American zoning is under attack on multiple fronts. The concerns…
Property Legal Insider
Housing at the heart of infrastructure: insights from the 2025 NDP Review
By Aoife Smyth
The Irish Government yesterday published its Review of the National Development Plan (NDP), which outlines a record €275.4 billion infrastructure investment programme through to 2035. Central to this is the…
Property Legal Insider
Viability first: Government’s apartment guidelines signal shift in planning priorities
On 8 July 2025, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister of State for Local Government and Planning jointly issued the Design Standards for Apartments, Guidelines…
Duane Morris Energy and Environmental Blog
California Overhauls CEQA with Reforms Designed to Accelerate Housing and Infrastructure Development
By Duane Morris
By David Amerikaner, Louis C. Formisano and Matthew L. Capone On June 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a suite of bills significantly revising the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), marking what…
Property Legal Insider
Expansion of the Land Development Agency’s mandate to accelerate housing delivery
By Aoife Smyth
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has announced a significant expansion of the Land Development Agency’s (LDA) mandate, aimed at enhancing the delivery of affordable and social housing…
Property Legal Insider
Modern Methods of Construction Action Plan launched
The Irish Government has officially launched the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Action Plan (the Action Plan) which maps out how the Government intends to adopt and embrace the use…
Legal Theory Blog
Sitaraman & Serkin on Post-Neoliberal Housing Policy
Ganesh Sitaraman (Vanderbilt Law School) & Christopher Serkin (Vanderbilt Law School) have posted Post-Neoliberal Housing Policy (U. Pa. L. Rev. (forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For the last…
Regulatory Oversight
Rhode Island AG Targets Real Estate Management and Development Firm for Alleged Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team, Blake Christopher
In mid-April, Rhode Island Attorney General (AG) Peter F. Neronha announced a settlement with A.R. Building Company, Inc. (ARBC), a national real estate management and development business with properties throughout…
Property Legal Insider
Ireland’s path to 2040: housing in the revised National Planning Framework
Ireland’s revised National Planning Framework (NPF) was recently approved by the Government, and (subject to Oireachtas approval) will set the strategic vision for Ireland’s growth and development out to 2040.…