Regulation of home building

“Lead efforts to cut red tape, increase housing supply and construction, and make housing more affordable for buyers and renters.”

“Incentivizing New Development: If we want to lower housing costs, we need to build more homes. The federal government can and should work to remove barriers to building, incentivize construction, and bring down the cost of buying and owning a home.”

“Streamline construction by cutting federal red tape. Cut federal red tape and incentivize the construction of mixed-income, workforce, and missing middle housing so we can increase supply and lower costs.”

“We need to build more starter homes, crack down on corporate landlords and rent gouging, and expand programs that help first-time homebuyers get their start. And yes, sometimes cut rules and red tape that make it harder and more expensive to get homes built.”

“Paige has balanced the city’s books, brought in new businesses, and cut red tape to foster job growth and new homes getting built.”

“Cut red tape, slashing building permit fees”

“She fought for more homes, more small businesses, more restaurants, and more parks. She streamlined the city’s permitting process, slashed permit fees, and cut red tape. Her efforts resulted in almost a thousand more homes, more than 250 new shops and eateries, and over 10,000 building permits in three years.”

“We’ve slashed permit costs by up to 70%. We fought the utility costs. We have a whole neighborhood who no longer needs flood insurance because of the work we’ve done on storm water.”

“Making it easier to build affordable housing by cutting outdated red tape and zoning rules that slow down projects and drive up prices.”

“We need to make sure regulators answer to patients, not pharmaceutical executives, and increase the housing supply by cutting the red tape for developers and protect renters from the price gouging.”

“Cut unnecessary red tape, permitting delays, and regulatory capture that drive up construction costs and make it harder to build housing.”

“Housing: We must cut red tape and roll back tariffs on building materials so we can build millions of new homes. This is a simple supply and demand issue in many cases and if we can build a variety of entry level housing, provide first time home buyers with down payment assistance, we can give the American dream of owning your own home to the next generation.”

“Expand housing supply and cut red tape that makes it harder and more expensive to build homes—so families can afford to live near where they work.”

“We need to cut red tape and make government work better, so it's easier to build homes, grow small businesses, and improve public infrastructure in our communities”

“She fought for more homes, more small businesses, more restaurants, and more parks. She streamlined the city’s permitting process, slashed permit fees, and cut red tape. Her efforts resulted in almost a thousand more homes, more than 250 new shops and eateries, and over 10,000 building permits in three years.”

“Cut unnecessary red tape, permitting delays, and regulatory capture that drive up construction costs and make it harder to build housing.”

“Cyril led High Point’s $40M housing impact fund, leveraging $2M in public funding to secure $38M in private investment to expand housing supply and improve affordability. He championed streamlined permitting processes and served on the NC Residential Code Council to keep homes safe and attainable.”

“I will support legislation that makes it easier for people to secure permits needed to build additional housing, while also being mindful of environmental protection.”

“At the State level, I’ve been a leading voice to build more workforce housing and make it easier to achieve the American dream. I’ve worked to expedite the process to build new housing, securing millions to build thousands of additional housing units in our counties, and especially rural communities.”

“2023 HB 14 – Prevent local government delays in approving property development plans, plats, and inspections. Joint Author”

“SB 886 (2022) Student and Faculty Housing Act. Streamlines on-campus student and faculty housing at UC, CSU, and community colleges by exempting housing projects from the lengthy CEQA review process that has been weaponized to block or delay student housing for years.”

“SB 35, SB 423, SB 828, SB 765, SB 312, SB 4, and SB 79: These laws streamline and expedite housing approvals and permits, especially affordable housing, to ensure cities are held accountable to strong housing goals that actually meet California’s housing needs. They also require cities to zone for more homes, especially near public transportation; authorize churches and other faith organizations to build affordable housing on their land; and expedite permits for on-campus student housing. Scott authored these bills to fundamentally overhaul California’s broken housing approval system, expediting tens of thousands of housing approvals and ensuring that all communities are building housing.”

“As Chair of the Senate Housing Committee, Scott has tackled California’s housing crisis head-on and passed groundbreaking legislation to accelerate the approval of new homes and legalize apartment buildings and affordable housing in many parts of California where only single family homes were allowed. Thanks to Scott’s legislation in this area, thousands of affordable homes have been approved in San Francisco in the past few years, and even more are on the way.”

“SB 35 (Author: Wiener), SB 423 (Author: Wiener), SB 828 (Author: Wiener), and SB 765 (Author: Wiener): Streamlining and expediting housing approvals, including affordable housing, and ensuring strong housing goals that actually meet our state’s housing needs. Scott authored these three housing bills to expedite housing approvals and ensure that all communities are building housing. SB 35, SB 423 and SB 765 streamline housing approvals in communities that aren’t meeting their housing goals, and SB 828 requires reality-based housing goals based on anticipated future needs. In combination, these laws are doing two things: first, they are streamlining a large amount of subsidized affordable housing for low-income people, both in cities and suburbs. (San Francisco, in particular, is aggressively using this legislation to streamline a large amount of affordable housing). Second, these laws are forcing some of the most exclusionary suburbs in the state, such as Cupertino, to allow significant new housing.”

“He focused extensively on housing and public transportation, authoring laws to expedite approval of affordable housing, legalize new in-law units, and tie public transportation funding to population growth.”

“Scott is a nationally renowned leader on housing, authoring California's most consequential streamlining laws resulting in the construction of tens of thousands of homes — including 3,000+ below market rate, affordable homes in San Francisco. He helped build the statewide YIMBY movement and turned a political third rail into policy reality by taking on the status quo and Sacramento insiders.”

“She has already launched first-of-its-kind affordable housing downpayment grants for local teachers and fast-tracked approval for new homes that are affordable for working families.”

“Making it easier to build affordable housing by cutting outdated red tape and zoning rules that slow down projects and drive up prices.”

“SB 35, SB 423, SB 828, SB 765, SB 312, SB 4, and SB 79: These laws streamline and expedite housing approvals and permits, especially affordable housing, to ensure cities are held accountable to strong housing goals that actually meet California’s housing needs. They also require cities to zone for more homes, especially near public transportation; authorize churches and other faith organizations to build affordable housing on their land; and expedite permits for on-campus student housing. Scott authored these bills to fundamentally overhaul California’s broken housing approval system, expediting tens of thousands of housing approvals and ensuring that all communities are building housing.”

“As Chair of the Senate Housing Committee, Scott has tackled California’s housing crisis head-on and passed groundbreaking legislation to accelerate the approval of new homes and legalize apartment buildings and affordable housing in many parts of California where only single family homes were allowed. Thanks to Scott’s legislation in this area, thousands of affordable homes have been approved in San Francisco in the past few years, and even more are on the way.”

“SB 35 (Author: Wiener), SB 423 (Author: Wiener), SB 828 (Author: Wiener), and SB 765 (Author: Wiener): Streamlining and expediting housing approvals, including affordable housing, and ensuring strong housing goals that actually meet our state’s housing needs. Scott authored these three housing bills to expedite housing approvals and ensure that all communities are building housing. SB 35, SB 423 and SB 765 streamline housing approvals in communities that aren’t meeting their housing goals, and SB 828 requires reality-based housing goals based on anticipated future needs. In combination, these laws are doing two things: first, they are streamlining a large amount of subsidized affordable housing for low-income people, both in cities and suburbs. (San Francisco, in particular, is aggressively using this legislation to streamline a large amount of affordable housing). Second, these laws are forcing some of the most exclusionary suburbs in the state, such as Cupertino, to allow significant new housing.”

“He focused extensively on housing and public transportation, authoring laws to expedite approval of affordable housing, legalize new in-law units, and tie public transportation funding to population growth.”

“Cyril led High Point’s $40M housing impact fund, leveraging $2M in public funding to secure $38M in private investment to expand housing supply and improve affordability. He championed streamlined permitting processes and served on the NC Residential Code Council to keep homes safe and attainable.”

“I will support legislation that makes it easier for people to secure permits needed to build additional housing, while also being mindful of environmental protection.”

“Jon understands the challenges that homebuyers face—complex regulations, rising costs, and bureaucratic hurdles that often stand in the way of owning a home. His extensive experience in real estate has shown him firsthand how outdated policies and red tape can frustrate families and delay their path to stability and wealth-building through homeownership.”

“Policy choices have directly driven up costs. The biggest example is Trump’s tariffs and unnecessary trade wars. But we’ve also made it way too hard and costly to build housing. We’ve prohibited Medicare and Medicaid from negotiating drug prices on all but a handful of drugs. And we’ve turned a blind eye when the consolidation of corporate power reduces competition and drives up costs.”

“I’ll crackdown on big private equity companies buying up homes, make sure home construction is efficient and fast here in Texas, and find ways to drive down the costs of the materials needed for construction so that new homes are more affordable.”

“He pointed to housing costs, energy prices, agriculture, small businesses, and economic growth as examples of areas where excessive government regulation has made life harder for everyday Americans.”