This map focuses on four of these policies: protections against source-of-income discrimination, the regulation of short-term rentals, inclusionary housing programs, and rent regulation.

This post by Sandhya Kajeepeta explores how state preemption is fueling a racialized housing crisis, and Good Cause laws are at risk

Some states have begun to use preemption to force localities to criminalize camping in public, taking local resources away from proven solutions that could address the root causes of homelessness. Rather than solve the crisis, this preemption exacerbates it by punishing people who can find shelter nowhere else.

The volume of housing preemption that occurred in the years before the pandemic left many local governments unable to respond to the ongoing public health crisis and uneven economic recovery.

The second edition features a series of articles that explore how some states preempted local authority across a host of issues during the pandemic.

Determining whether local governments have authority to implement local tenant protections, particularly in the face of potential state preemption, remains a challenge.

We examine the use and merits of the patchwork argument across 10 policy areas­ and review the evidence around the patchwork argument’s merits.

14 authors were tasked with working as advocate-researcher co-authors to produce short articles highlighting recent research findings, emerging issues, and data and research needs across seven policy fields.

This model resolution is geared towards helping local officials and advocates push their legislature and governor to clarify local authority pertaining to key policies around housing, worker protection, and broadband access.