Share of homes with HOA fees growing. Maybe we should stop needless HOAs from being formed MN and AZ have bills this year on that topic. www.axios.com/2026/03/09/h...

Housing affordability is slipping in Minnesota — state policy can help www.yahoo.com/news/article...

If there’s one issue that Republicans and DFLers in St. Paul can come together on, it’s housing. In recent years, both parties have taken up the task of tackling a growing housing shortage. www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/03/06/m...

Bipartisan Starter Homes Act unveiled at Capitol finance-commerce.com/2026/03/minn...

Bipartisan U.S. Senate bill to help Americans afford housing nears the finish line www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Pleased to testify again in support of homeownership. The all-new Minnesota Starter Home Act is the result of nine months of work and real compromise. It reflects the best of Minnesota: leaders across political and geographic lines coming together to better serve Minnesotans.

HF 3895 is up in the House Housing Committee: Demonstrating bipartisanship, Reps. Spencer Igo and @larrykraft.bsky.social are co-presenting Igo: The American Dream Starts At Home house.mn.gov/live/1

Streaming link / Committee starts shortly Watch live at house.mn.gov/live/1

Housing Shortage Deepens As Underbuilding Persists nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/housing...

The cost of continued inaction in MN - Housing reform has been part of the political discussion since 2018. ❌Highest regional new home costs ❌Permits near decade lows ❌Large homeownership rate decline

Hearing this afternoon on the HF 3895 - MN's Reform Package The language we will be discussing today reflects the bipartisan reforms enacted across the U.S. ✅ Starter Homes in Growing Areas ✅ More Options in In-Demand Cities ✅ Homes Near Jobs Hearing @ 3pm CT www.house.mn.gov/schedules/co...

MN House panel approves bill limiting local governments from mandating HOAs www.house.mn.gov/sessiondaily...

Alaska has entered the housing reform chat. alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/28/a...

In California, About the Only Way to Get a House Is to Inherit One via @WSJ www.wsj.com/economy/hous...

HFMN CEO: there hasn’t been a “substantive modernization of zoning rules” since the early 1990s. The “affordability challenges of today, should be reflected in our baseline zoning."

“We’re seeing western Wisconsin as an extension of the MSP metro. We see that in our home tours. I think it speaks to the availability and opportunity in Wisconsin. And, candidly, the affordability challenges bring some of those factors into play.” finance-commerce.com/2026/02/twin...

Pro-density housing advocates believe this is the year for zoning reform in Minnesota www.startribune.com/pro-density-...

Housing permits in MN Have Fallen 35% statewide since 2021. Both 2024 and 2025 permitting activity sat between 2015 and 2016 levels. This is not how you close a housing deficit.

Groups push zoning reform at Start with Home rally finance-commerce.com/2026/02/minn...

Governors Take the Lead on Affordability: Montana Governor Greg Gianforte Talks Housing www.nga.org/meetings/gov...

Minnesota remains the highest new cost state in the region as housing has not yet been meaningfullly addressed by MN Leg. Latest numbers are from Zonda in December 2025: The median new home in MN costs 35.1% higher than the median U.S. new home. In MSP, it is 37.5% higher than U.S. median.

Last night, Bloomington, MN, took another step forward in housing access with a public hearing on its missing middle ordinace. Bloomington already re-legalized starter homes a few years back. legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/atta...

This Arizona exaction bill is one bill I am watching closely...

"The United States suffers from constrained supply, which cannot keep up with growing demand. Zoning rules, permitting delays, environmental reviews and local political vetoes have made it difficult or impossible to build where people want to live." thehill.com/opinion/fina...

After permits dried up and costs rose, Kansas City rolls back its energy code in the name of affordability, supply thebeaconnews.org/stories/2026...

Stalled homebuilding adds strain to affordability crisis, housing shortage www.baltimoresun.com/2026/02/20/s...

"Rapid home-price appreciation also undermines many homeowners—especially those policymakers often assume are benefiting. For households hoping to move up, higher prices raise both the value of their current home and the cost of the next one, often widening the financing gap rather than closing it."

Must Watch: US Rep. Roger Williams Links Housing Shortage To Decline Of U.S. Small Business www.youtube.com/watch?v=duy1...

"The U.S. does not have a demand problem—it remains robust—nor does it have a financing problem. Rather, it has a supply problem that begs a smart and comprehensive federal and local policy solution directed at both the overall level of supply and its composition." link ⬇️

For three consecutive years, housing permits have declined at a time when the nation continues to face a well-documented housing shortage. Reduced production in the face of sustained demand places additional pressure on home prices and limits opportunities for prospective buyers.

Data shows that new homes in Minnesota exceed the current energy code, boosted by strong utility rebate programs. Minnesota already has the highest new home costs in the region, and the 2038 efficiency mandate will only push homeownership further out of reach.

Local Angle: Every $1,000 increase in a home's price removes 3,111 homebuyers from the market in MN Metros: MSP: 1,982 Buyers Priced Out St. Cloud: 113 Buyers Priced Out Rochester: 128 Buyers Priced Out Duluth: 184 Buyers Priced Out Mankato: 54 Buyers Priced Out

No, this isn't a new crisis. It is just another symptom. Housing mobility has been constrained for several years. Low rates simply masked the scope of the housing crisis. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Aligning changing demographics and housing policy outcomes is critical: Singles Facing Significantly Greater Housing Cost Burden Than Married Couples nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/singles...

"Demand shifted outward against a relatively inelastic supply curve. Zoning rules, land-use regulations, and capacity constraints in construction limited new supply, especially in high-productivity metro areas, so shocks to demand translated primarily into higher prices rather than more units."

Must Read from @stlouisfed.bsky.social When Houses Outrun Paychecks: The Lost Decades of Housing Affordability www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-econo...

2026 is an election year. Affordability is top of mind with voters. Younger voters are harmed most by the status quo. Kentucky lawmakers get it.

"We can’t subsidize our way out of our family affordability crisis...If you increase purchasing power without increasing the number of homes, the extra money gets capitalized into higher home prices." www.aei.org/op-eds/ameri...

Stormwater regulations don't get the attention they deserve, but they do hit on many issues in housing. Local governments forcing HOAs to manage what should be public infrastructure. Too many cooks in the kitchen at the Federal, state and local levels. Loss of buildable land.

Housing First Minnesota and Rochester Area Builders forge partnership to expand advocacy and home tour reach housingindustrynews.org/housing-firs...

Single-family housing permits in Minnesota have never recovered from the Great Financial Crisis. @housing-inst.bsky.social's latest analysis looks at small lot opportunities when demand in MN is the greatest.

Under shortage conditions, high-tier consumers trade away amenities in order to lower their costs and low-tier consumers are stuck in the worst housing they can stand and they pay rising rents to hold on to it until the situation becomes catastrophic for them...

MN Housing Commish on zoning reform finance-commerce.com/2026/01/minn...

The Indiana House is in the housing reform game this session, having passed HB 1001 this week. You can follow this and state-level housing bills at www.housingaffordabilityinstitute.org/housing-refo...

National Realtors Policy Forum highlights the cost of delayed homeownership - First-time buyers moving from 30 to 40 years old results in roughly $150,000 in lost equity. www.nar.realtor/magazine/rea...

Color me shocked: Growing Number Of Apartment Builders Dodge Markets With Rent Controls www.bisnow.com/national/new...

"Only 36 percent of young people said the home they would like was “within reach” (or they already owned it), compared with 76 percent of those over 65."

"Energy efficiency can lower long-term operating costs. But when mandates raise purchase prices beyond what households can qualify for, the savings never materialize — because the buyer never becomes an owner." www.housingwire.com/articles/man...

"The problem is on the supply side. And the reality is, we have not been building enough housing." www.wusf.org/the-florida-...

No solution to housing affordability crisis without addressing supply shortage, says exec www.mpamag.com/us/specialty...