Policy choices made by state and local governments have slowed residential project approvals and construction to a crawl.

Hard costs like labor and materials combined with ‘soft’ costs such as permitting make building in the San Francisco Bay Area ...

Housing costs have been the driving force behind people leaving California for Texas, which is projected to surpass the Golden State in population by 2045. Energy is another area where Texas ...

A new study of housing policies in the nation’s 250 largest metro areas confirms that California lags in increasing affordable housing.

The average apartment in Texas costs roughly $150,000 to ... energy efficiency requirements add around 7%. California’s high cost of living may drive up the price of labor, but we found that ...