AB 253 will speed up the approval process for new homes by allowing home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer for review of housing permit applications if the local government cannot or does not complete their permit review within 30 days.

While numerous recent state laws have streamlined the process to make more homes legal to build (a.k.a. "entitlements"), many jurisdictions in California continue to have slow, unpredictable "post-entitlement" permitting and inspection processes. These permitting and inspection delays slow down housing production and can even kill smaller housing projects by driving costs beyond what’s feasible for small, local builders.

AB 253 will allow home builders to hire a licensed and certified third-party reviewer for certain projects, if the local government cannot or does not complete the permit review process within 30 days – a sort of “shot clock” for housing construction permits.

Help show Assemblymembers that Californians support reforms to accelerate housing construction: Sign the petition in support of AB 253!

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