Colorado’s governor announced localities that don’t adopt pro‑housing rules—higher occupancy limits, accessory dwelling units, and transit‑oriented development—will lose access to $280 million in state grants. Municipalities argue this oversteps state authority. It signals a harder turn to state‑level preemption via fiscal carrots and sticks to force supply‑side reforms.
— If states can condition major funding on deregulatory housing reforms, local control norms may give way to state‑driven solutions to the housing shortage.
PW Daily
2025.10.17
40% relevant
Both pieces concern state‑level moves to override or pressure localities to allow more housing; SB 79 is a narrow preemption near transit, echoing the broader trend of states using higher‑level authority to force supply‑side reforms.
Noah Smith
2025.09.27
45% relevant
Both approaches address how states should structure power and incentives to overcome local obstruction. While the cited idea conditions grants to force local compliance, this article argues for empowering pro-build localities—complementary levers for aligning state policy with local execution.
Tobias Peter
2025.09.02
50% relevant
Both the article and this idea center on practical levers that increase housing supply: Philadelphia’s improvement‑only tax abatement enabled small‑scale infill, paralleling state‑level carrots and sticks that push localities toward pro‑building rules to unlock supply.
Halina Bennet
2025.08.20
100% relevant
Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s announcement linking $280 million in grants to local housing‑policy compliance.