Monthly Archives: January 2023

Florida lawmakers want to incentivize more private investment in affordable housing and create means to convert existing buildings into affordable housing. Meet SB 102 (2023 | FL) the Live Local Act WCJB | Legislation on affordable housing now filed at the state capitol for the upcoming session

San Antonio is home to the Alamo, where people defiantly fought to protect land, wants to take land from a local business to build a museum for the Alamo. History is funny and ironic. Kens5 | City Council votes to use eminent domain to take downtown business for Alamo Plaza

First, I read about a neighborhood park in New York that shut down pickle ball play because the players kept brawling like pickle ball is MMA. Now, it’s time to legislate pickle ball in some parts. Mayors are trying to address pickle ball noise complaints by making changes to their noise and nuisance ordinances. Route […]

What is happening? Phoenix gave the NFL the power to call for the removal of temporary signage on private property that isn’t pre-approved by the NFL. A local business sued. Some legal experts have called it blanket prior restraint on speech. The business says it is losing revenue because of it. Reason | Phoenix Sued […]

In Florida, if a migrant abandoned a vessel on your private property, the owner of the private property paid to have the abandoned vessel removed. Governor DeSantis recently said, “We are going to clear the vessels free of charge for those residents because it wasn’t their fault.” Hey Texas, what about Texas private property on […]

A 93 year old woman was $2300 behind on her property taxes in Minnesota. The County seized her condo and sold it for $40,000. The county kept the $37,700 above the tax debt. The Pacific Legal Foundation says “This is very bad for property rights.” How are tax sales treated in your state? Reason | […]

What is happening? A wave of building code reforms have included electrification. Then last week the gas stove issue emerged raising the issue of emissions from gas stoves. Supporters of adopting model building codes say that the 2021 model code for residential buildings is 27% more efficient than the 2009 version. Why is this important? […]

What is happening? Miami is the 1st city in the U.S. to adopt a  Extreme Heat Action Plan. This will include building codes that reduce waste heat and use lighter materials, and increase access to air conditioning. The city is also increasing tree planting as trees were devastated by Hurricane Irma. Miami defines extreme heat […]

What is happening? This week the issue of green burials came up during the January 11th meeting on the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission recommendations for the Texas State Anatomical Board. Washington State legislators this week began consideration of HB 1037 (2023 | WA) to allow green burials on your own property. Why is this important? We talked […]

What is happening? An HOA in Denton County, Texas has adopted a provision that prevents property owners from accepting lease payments from “Section 8” funds. I’m not sure how the HOA tracks payments made from one private person to a private land owners or how it interferes with private contracts, but tomato/tomahto… Meet HB1193 (2023 | […]