
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include:
- A new bill introduced by Sen. John Fetterman (D–Pa.) and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D–Del.) aims to help localities reform their zoning codes through consultation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- The University of California, Berkeley, at long last, gets the California Supreme Court's blessing to move forward with a contentious redevelopment of People's Park.
- Austin considers applying an "equity overlay" to its "missing middle" reforms, much to the alarm of some YIMBYs who say the new overlay will only reduce new housing construction.