My Dad's folks came from Inverness, Scotland through Antigonish to Ottawa then to the US. 

A little about me: I'm 22 and living in Ottawa, ON Canada.

You can see a Texas Tribune article about the recent ruling.A bill to block cities from heavily regulating short-term rentals made it through the Texas Senate during the last legislative session, but it died in committee in the Texas House. 

And I was on a few senate select committees in CA in the 80s purpose how to deal with these antiquated subdivisions that can never  be built but the lots are of legal record.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-bank...

Btw, I live in Ottawa, ON, Canada so our system and techniques are different from the US. 

As some background, I am a semi-recent college grad (class of 2014) and have spent the last few years working for the US Senate.

My guess is that the $300 billion talked about is just the start, and that the Senate bill to be announced next Tuesday by Dodd and Frank will take off from there.

What does everyone think of Senator Dodd holding hearings on Countrywide when he obtained favorable financing on mortgages from Anthony Mozillo at Countrywide?

Here's one part of the bill called the Hope for Homeowner's program: H.R.3221Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------`SEC. 257.