Housing
6 tracked measures relating to housing, in 3 states.
Topic labels are applied by this site to group related measures. They are a navigation aid, not a legal classification, and they are not assigned by any state.
California
3 measures
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On the ballot
Proposition 1 would let the state borrow $11.25 billion through general obligation bonds and spend it on housing affordability programs. The Attorney General's summary allocates $5.1…
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On the ballot
Proposition 37 would authorize up to $25 billion in bonds to fund fixed-rate mortgages covering as much as 17 percent of the purchase price of a "qualified new home" — newly built housing…
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On the ballot
Proposition 45 would amend the California Environmental Quality Act to speed environmental review for named categories of projects, including most housing, transportation, water, health…
Florida
1 measure
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On the ballot
Amendment 3 would raise Florida's homestead exemption for all property taxes other than school district levies to the first $150,000 of assessed value in 2027 and the first $250,000 in…
Massachusetts
2 measures
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On the ballot
Question 7 would require Massachusetts cities and towns to allow single-family homes on residentially zoned lots of at least 5,000 square feet that have at least 50 feet of frontage on a…
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Did not qualify
This initiative would have capped annual rent increases for residential units across Massachusetts at the change in the Consumer Price Index or 5 percent, whichever was lower, using the…
About housing ballot measures
Housing measures ask voters about the supply, cost, and regulation of places to live. Recurring subjects include bond authorizations and dedicated revenue for affordable housing, rent regulation and the state-law limits on it, tenant protections such as notice periods and just-cause eviction standards, zoning and permitting rules that govern what may be built where, property-tax treatment of homeowners and rental property, and homelessness services funding.
Much of the category turns on the division of authority between a state and its cities. Housing rules are usually made locally, so a statewide measure often works indirectly: it grants local governments a power they do not currently have, removes a state limit on one they do, or preempts local action in favor of a uniform rule. Reading one therefore means identifying who is being authorized or restrained, not only what the substantive rule is.
Points to look for: whether the measure changes state law itself or changes what localities may do; whether it applies to all housing or carves out categories by age, size, or ownership type; whether new construction is exempt, and for how long; whether it takes effect directly or requires a local ordinance first; and what funding, if any, accompanies a new program. The fiscal impact section on each measure page quotes the state's own estimate where one was issued.
Wording, numbering, and certification status are set by each state and can change up to the printing of the ballot. Every summary above links to the records it was built from; where those records disagree with this page, the records govern. Confirm the final ballot text with your state or county election authority before you rely on it.