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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability
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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability

  • By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, ALEX VEIGA and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

In a rare bipartisan effort for a deeply divided Congress, the Senate has passed a broad bill to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable. The bill passed on Thursday would reduce regulations, regulate corporate investors and expand how housing dollars can be used to build affordable homes and rentals. It now heads back to the House, which passed a separate version earlier this year. It is unclear whether President Donald Trump would sign it after declaring last weekend that he won't sign any new measures unless Congress passes legislation that would require voters to show proof of citizenship.

Half Moon Bay scopes an end to rent control
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Half Moon Bay scopes an end to rent control

  • By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff
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A majority of Half Moon Bay councilmembers expressed support for ending the city’s controversial rent control program at a meeting Jan. 20, ho…

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  • By Greg Wilson
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This week I took a long walk up into Belmont, to check on a pair of affordable housing projects well underway along El Camino Real.

San Mateo OKs modest tenant protection plan
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San Mateo OKs modest tenant protection plan

  • By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff
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San Mateo moved forward on some slight expansions to Assembly Bill 1482 — the state law limiting annual rent increases and imposing more requi…