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Los Angeles Times

Rents on controlled apartments in Los Angeles can now rise 4%. Blame inflation

As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn't 3%. The larger increase reflects higher inflation levels and comes as rising rents have been blamed for crimping household budgets and driving people into homelessness.

The New York Times

Not Enough Homes, and the Wrong Kind

Home building has barely kept pace with the number of new households in the United States over the last eight years, and much of what is being built is aimed at the higher end of the market, according to the State of the Nation's Housing report.

Governing

Rendezvous With Density

The housing crisis has forced cities from Minneapolis to Seattle, Philadelphia to Austin, and the entire state of California to walk headlong into a portion of urban policy that has long been a political minefield: going after single-family zoning.

The Boston Globe

Mass. housing deficit fuels social ills, report says

Most cities and towns in Greater Boston aren't building enough housing to keep up with population growth, and that is helping to perpetuate the region's long and deep racial and class divides.

The Wall Street Journal

Trump Administration to Take on Local Housing Barriers

The Trump administration will explore using federal programs to push local governments to soften or eliminate rules that block housing construction. Mr. Carson has made easing barriers for the private sector to build housing the signature issue of his tenure as HUD secretary.