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NYC Council Forms Advisory Group to Unlock Small‑Lot Housing

The move sets up a focused review of building rules to open narrow lots for housing.

Landlords Warn of Distress Before NYC Rent Guidelines Vote

Bass Proposes $14.9 Billion Los Angeles Budget With No Layoffs

Germany Sets July Start for €300 Million Office-to-Home Grants

NYC Rent Board Opens With Report Showing Landlord Income Up 6%

Spain Tightens Tourist Flat Rules as Valencia Cracks Down and Madrid Readies New Decree

New Poll Puts Bass First but Vulnerable in Tight L.A. Mayoral Race

France’s Constitutional Council Backs Law Letting Some Condos Ban Short-Term Tourist Rentals

Maharashtra Halts Malad PAP Project, Orders ACS-Led Probe as Citywide Housing Audit Gets Underway

NRW Unveils Draft ‘Faires‑Wohnen’ Law to Tackle Derelict and Exploitative Housing

Giant Erosion Gullies Advance in Buriticupu as Court Deadline Passes Without City Report

Watchdog Finds Squatters in Empty NYCHA Units as Vacancies Double

Mamdani Names Sideya Sherman to Lead New York City Planning

Supreme Court Rejects Huntington Beach Appeal, Leaving State Housing Orders Intact

Spain’s Supreme Court Upholds Barcelona’s 30% Affordable Housing Mandate

Rome Court Orders Interior Ministry to Pay €21 Million Over Spin Time Non-Eviction

NYC Approves First ELURP Project, Fast-Tracking 84 Affordable Homes in the South Bronx

NYC Breaks Ground on East Harlem’s Timbale Terrace, a 341-Unit Affordable Housing Tower With Arts Center

Mamdani’s ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearings Bar NYCHA Testimony, First Session Set for Feb. 26

BNG Files 11 Amendments to Tighten Vigo’s Tourist-Rental Rules