Housing

R. Wade Norris has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Dinsmore & Shoal as a partner to shore up operations in the firm's work in multifamily finance and public private partnerships.

Housing advocates are resuming a fracas with the federal government over Build America, Buy America requirements they claim are slowing down efforts to build more affordable housing, which relies on private activity bonds.

RBC Capital Markets will be the underwriter for the bonds, which will have a maximum maturity of 40 years.

California Sen. Dave Cortese proposed the bill as the state grapples with a shortage of affordable housing.

Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are beginning to take effect as the FHFA has doubled the cap on Low Income Housing Tax Credits, which should boost the issuance of private activity bonds.

Mayors and city leaders are using a combination of bond financing and public private partnerships to build and preserve affordable housing while working with a patchwork of regulations and facing opposition.

The Senate Banking Committee has advanced the first bipartisan housing legislation in more than a decade with loosened restrictions on housing credits and housing bonds.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released an enforcement model in conjunction with $3.3 billion in grant funding from a bond measure.

The state hopes bonds and associated incentives will help to address a state-wide housing shortage.

Mass deportations and tariffs on key trade partners are expected to have a "significant" negative impact on the U.S. and California economies, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast.