Arizona’s Senate Bill 1431 has passed the Senate and awaits a House floor vote, offering a more targeted version of a broader deregulation measure that Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed two years ago. The bill would prohibit cities from mandating specific materials, features, or aesthetics in new home construction while preserving local authority over lot sizes, setbacks, and where homes can be built. Columnist Robert Robb argues that only broad market-based deregulation has the scale to meaningfully expand housing supply, and warns that a second Hobbs veto would signal a fundamental distrust of market forces.
Source: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/a-second-chance-at-housing-deregulation
