This week's Rent Free takes a look at the regulatory regime holding back L.A.'s wildfire rebuilding efforts

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued another executive order that purports to ease burdensome red tape on property owners trying to build after the recent wildfires in Los Angeles .

Newsom 's order exempts wildfire rebuilds in the City of Los Angeles from a state law requiring that new housing projects replace any "protected" housing units with new affordable housing.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom suspends state and local law requiring fire-destroyed protected units be replaced.

Insurers will be allowed to pass on half of that $1 billion to policyholders via a temporary rate hike.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is resisting insurance companies' own emergency requests for rate hikes in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires.

George Hauptman is still waiting on permission to reoccupy his now-rebuilt home in Los Angeles .

The city has not issued a certificate of occupancy for the Hauptmans to move in.

Maui, where some 18 months after the August 2023 wildfires, only a handful of new homes have been built.

New Hampshire is considering a trio of housing bills that would allow accessory dwelling units statewide.