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Jersey City Secures $120 Million From State and Cuts Planned Q3 Tax Hike to 15%

The aid eases a cash crunch by supplying low‑interest loans and a small grant while installing a state fiscal monitor to approve local spending.

Council Committee Clears Monitor Point After Deal for Half of Units to Be Permanently Affordable

New York Freezes Rent-Stabilized Increases and Launches City-Backed Insurance Program

Florida Sends Big Homestead Tax Cut to November Ballot as Counties Warn of Major Shortfalls

San Diego Voters Appear to Reject Measure A Vacant-Home Tax

Oakland Home Values Sink to Decade Lows, Tying for Nation’s Sharpest Drop

Marblehead Passes MBTA Housing Plan Centered on Golf Course

Comptroller Sizes Up NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax, Putting Annual Take at $340M–$500M

Sydney Council Orders Probe Into Targeted Bans on Non‑Resident Short‑Term Rentals

Charlie Crist Enters St. Petersburg Mayor’s Race With Cash Edge Over Ken Welch

Valuation Gaps Cloud New York City's Proposed Pied-à-Terre Tax

B.C. Speeds Short-Term Rental Opt-Outs With Early Kelowna Exemption

Boston Sand & Gravel Sues to Block Charlestown Housing, Citing Truck–Pedestrian Risk

Braun Signs HEA 1001, Forcing Local Reviews to Boost Housing Supply

Preliminary Results Show Lakewood Voters Repealing New Zoning Code

Valencia Passes Sweeping Caps on Tourist Apartments

Calgary Opens Marathon Hearing on Repealing Citywide Rezoning

Calgary Sets Public Hearing Next Week on Repealing Citywide Rezoning

Berlin Opens Public Review of 52-Storey Warschauer Brücke Housing Tower

Pikes Peak Housing Report: Rents Soften, Prices Edge Down as Multifamily Permits More Than Triple