Estimates show Texas needs an extra 300,000+ housing units. To spur construction, the state just took away significant regulatory power from Texas cities. The passage of SB 840 will make it much easier for developers to bypass local restrictions and neighborhood objections when they create new housing out of empty office buildings, dying malls, or land that had been off-limits for residential construction. How will cities respond? And what’s about to happen in your neighborhood? An apartment developer and an expert in urban economics & growth predict what comes next.
01:40 – BARRETT LINBURG AND SB 840
04:27 – PROCESSES AND POLICIES OF SB 840
08:14 – PROS AND CONS FOR A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER
11:22 – TRENDS ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS
14:20 – PREDICTIONS AND OUTCOMES FOR SB 840
17:40 – REACTIONS FROM HOMEOWNERS
23:50 – WILL MUNICIPALITIES FIGHT BACK?
25:36 – DR. CULLUM CLARK, PH.D. AND AMERICA’S HOUSING SHORTAGE
28:17 – AFTERMATH OF 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS
30:40 – LOCAL CONTROL VS STATE LAWS
37:22 – WILL LITIGATIONS BE FILED OVER SB 840
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