New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board freezes rents on roughly one million stabilized apartments, the first freeze since 2020 and delivering on a central Mamdani campaign promise.
Des Moines approves a 20-year lease and zoning permit for a tiny-home village offering 50 chronically homeless residents permanent housing at $300 a month with on-site healthcare.
Michigan erases more than $74 million in medical debt for nearly 72,000 residents through a state partnership with the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt.
The Senate passes a bipartisan housing affordability bill 85 to 5, restricting large companies from buying single-family homes and waiving some environmental reviews for new construction.
Seattle commits $8 million to keep about 1,000 households a year in their homes, funding rental aid and eviction defense before residents fall into homelessness.
Chicago votes to buy and renovate its Greyhound bus terminal, saving the hub for 450,000 yearly riders from possible demolition.
Oregon Governor Kotek signs a law guaranteeing every child under 5 a free monthly book, codifying the Dolly Parton Imagination Library statewide as the state fights some of the nation’s lowest reading scores.
Vermont passes a 2028 data privacy law letting residents see, correct, and delete what companies hold on them, and banning health-data geofencing near clinics.
Massachusetts commits $1 million to help at least 20 towns and school districts fix cybersecurity holes the state’s own free assessments uncovered.
Two rural Tennessee communities pause data center development to write grid, water, and pollution rules first, after the industry targeted them expecting little local resistance.
Texas launches accessible website components for state agencies, fulfilling a 2025 law to make digital services usable for Texans of all abilities.
New York breaks ground on a subway extension to East Harlem after the Trump administration released the federal funding it had withheld for a year.
