Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include:
- A California homeowner files yet another challenge to a local "inclusionary zoning" program.
- Oregon passes what might just be the most radical YIMBY reform yet.
- A federal judge sides with fair housing groups claiming that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is improperly dragging its feet on awarding federal fair housing enforcement grants.
But first, our lead item on California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' declaration of NIMBY martial law to prevent duplexes from being built in areas of Los Angeles affected by this year's wildfires.