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New Legislation Would Make Housing a Higher Priority in Federally Funded Transit Projects

WASHINGTON, DC – Up for Growth Action applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Build More Housing Near Transit Act, introduced today by Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Housing is on the Move in the Nation’s Capital

In recent weeks, a flurry of housing legislation was introduced in both the House and the Senate. You can read our press releases on the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act

Up for Growth Action applauds Oregon lawmakers for clearing away barriers to development of crucial missing middle housing

WASHINGTON, DC – Up for Growth Action applauds Oregon lawmakers for approving a first-in-the-nation policy to end exclusionary zoning and allow duplexes and other “middle housing” in areas currently restricted
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Up for Growth Action stands ready to offer research, policy expertise to guide new White House Council to Eliminate Barriers to Affordable Housing Development

WASHINGTON, DC – Up for Growth Action will deploy extensive research and policy expertise on housing solutions to assist President Donald Trump’s new White House Council to Eliminate Barriers to
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Up for Growth Action applauds introduction of the YIMBY Act to shed light on discriminatory land use policies and encourage elimination of artificial barriers to housing affordability

Putting legislation behind pro-housing ideas Up for Growth Action has promoted since 2018, The Yes in My Backyard (“YIMBY”) Act would encourage communities to eliminate discriminatory land use policies and

Momentum Grows for Federal Housing Legislation through Introduction of Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) this week introduced bipartisan legislation to create a new federal tax credit to spur investment in the revitalization of

Oregon inches closer to reducing exclusionary zoning

Earlier this year, Oregon made housing headlines when House Speaker Tina Kotek introduced legislation that would end single-family-only zoning in the Portland metro area and in Oregon’s larger cities. HB

Up for Growth Action Applauds Introduction of Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act

WASHINGTON, DC – The reintroduction of the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act is a positive step for pro-housing solutions, according to Up for Growth

Introduction of Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act is Welcome Step in Combating the Housing Shortage and Affordability Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC - Up for Growth Action, a Washington, DC-based 501(c)(4) that advocates for pro-housing policies at the state and federal levels, applauded the reintroduction of the Affordable Housing Credit

The Legacy of Redlining Lives on Today Through Exclusionary Zoning

As many of you likely know, much of our modern municipal zoning regime was created after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down government-backed residential segregation in Buchanan v. Warley in

The Fifth Wave of Housing Advocacy

America’s approach to housing, and particularly affordable housing, has ebbed and flowed over the past century. The nation's focus on housing policy has shifted based on contemporary housing and economic

Bringing the Housing Conversation to DC

Last week, members of Up for Growth Action were in the nation’s capital for our first annual DC Policy Summit and Legislative Advocacy Conference. We had two full days of