Housing news happens all across the country, but this week's Rent Free is a little more California-centric. Our stories include: An L.A. judge stopping Beverly Hills from issuing any building permits ...

New York City refreshes its housing emergency declaration, and with it, its system of rent stabilization. Congress' resident socialists, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders ...

It’s a good time to do so judging from the city Zoning Board of Appeals’ recent denial of area variances for a Southern Tier Environments for Living proposal to build 14 small homes on Spring Street.

Congested and unfriendly to pedestrians, Albany Avenue in Hartford, Conn., is an example of long-term, cumulative effects of zoning. Zoning codes set the rules for where things can (or can’t) be built ...