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Detroit Nears Closeout of Blight Program With 27,000 Demolitions and 19,000 Home Sales

City leaders now target a near‑zero Land Bank by 2026, reserving funds to test and replace tainted backfill at demolition sites.

NYC Council Passes Sweeping Housing Mandates, Setting Up Likely Veto Fight

NYC Moves to Speed Housing as Warnings Mount Over Rent‑Stabilized Strain

Karen Bass Launches 2026 L.A. Reelection Bid, Vowing Housing, Safety Gains and Pushback on Immigration Enforcement

San Francisco Pod-Housing Startup Places Deposit on Downtown Building for 400 Beds

Munich Fines Owners €230,000 for Illegal Housing Vacancies

Marseille Takes Multiple-Property Owners of Tourist Rentals to Court, Seeks Maximum Fines

Trump Praises NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani After Cordial Oval Office Meeting

Paris Approves 17 Social Housing Units at Place des Vosges

Bombay HC Warns Maharashtra on Navi Mumbai Illegal Constructions After Dismissing PIL

Social Democrats Lose Copenhagen in Denmark’s Local Elections for First Time in Over a Century

Peru Watchdog Flags Widespread Abuses in Lima’s Social Housing, Including 28-Story Towers in 10-Story Zones

Paris Moves to Turn Place des Vosges Mansion Into Social Housing as Council Vote Nears

L.A. Council Backs 1%–4% Cap on Rent‑Stabilized Increases

Blaze Hits Illegally Occupied Rome Building in Tor Cervara as Man Jumps to Escape

St. Petersburg Prosecutor Opens Probe After Partial Collapse at Vacant Rosenstein Street Building

EU Advances Common Housing Framework as Catalonia Urges Faster Building

Catalonia Launches €113 Million La Mina Plan, Schedules 2028 Demolition of Venus Block

Berlin Tenant Group Seeks Crackdown on Furnished Short-Term Lets After New Study

ABG Advances Kaiserlei Redevelopment With LOI for 1,179-Home ‘Kaiserviertel’