Parking Rules Out to Boost Housing | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Cities and states are ditching outdated parking rules to tackle the housing crisis—14 states have passed 34 laws slashing or eliminating parking mandates since 2019, with over 100 cities including Baltimore and Denver already doing so. These rules once made housing unaffordable and stalled development, but now they’re a mainstream fix. Critics worry about street congestion and whether prices will actually drop, while others fear impacts on seniors and disabled residents. Yet, developers and environmentalists are teaming up: builders see savings on garages for better housing, and eco-groups applaud less polluted runoff. California led the charge near transit hubs, followed by Oregon and North Carolina, even as some local leaders push back—urgency is driving lawmakers to act and build more affordable homes. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/34b088cb927f549b