We're hiring! Join the Eviction Lab as a Data Engineer and help build powerful, scalable data tools that inform housing research and policy nationwide. Apply now: tinyurl.com/evictionlab2025

One of these research specialist positions is a little different than our typical RS posting: We're hiring specifically for a project on homelessness, and we're hoping to find someone familiar with the world of CoCs and HMIS

Eviction Lab is hiring! Find more information about our latest job openings here: tinyurl.com/evictionlab2... #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

When home heating is less affordable, more people die each winter. That's what our analysis found for a period when LIHEAP was in place. Without LIHEAP, the effect would presumably much larger. Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR

After engaging with a lot of NFL content over the last month (Go Birds!), my FB feed has become infested with Fake NFL News. Obviously no agenda here other than to farm clicks, but what a terrible sign for our information environment.

On Broad St right now

What should I read on homelessness in the UK?

I'm watching an elementary school spelling bee. A kindergartner asked to spell "eagle" launched straight into the Eagles chant and almost lost it by saying the "s"

"The order, issued on Friday, would stop landlords from evicting a tenant for violating a term of their lease that would otherwise prohibit them from sheltering others." www.kcra.com/article/news...

Line for Septa after the game

This looks interesting. NJ Governor Phil Murphy is reportedly going to turn his cannon on exclusionary local zoning laws in his last year in office. A statement is expected as part of his "State of the State" speech this afternoon... www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/01/nj-g...

Interactive piece on proportional representation in the NYT today 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Jayden Daniels is so likeable, I hate that I have to root against him for the next 10+ years

I reviewed Brian McCabe and @evarosen.bsky.social 's Sociology of Housing! It "demonstrates how racism and entrenched power have brought us to where we are today: A housing market defined by immense wealth, deep poverty, and persistent inequalities." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Nearly 150,000 children experienced homelessness on a single night in 2024, reflecting a 33 percent increase. Children were the age group that experienced the largest increase in homelessness." www.huduser.gov/portal/sites...

If the Trump admin privatizes the GSEs, that will cause mortgage rates and/or insurance costs in high climate risk areas to increase, right? www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

We've seen this year how SEPTA's fate hinges on a few votes in the PA assembly. Rapid growth in SEPA before the next redistricting could be the difference between a subway expansion and a death spiral!

Compare NJ and DE to PA. We need to wait until county level estimates are released to find out if SEPA is keeping up with its neighbors.

Philadelphia has a rate of traffic deaths 3x higher than New York City. source: visionzerophl.com/wp-content/u...

Nice to see some DoE Loan Programs Office money in Pennsylvania for long-duration batteries www.utilitydive.com/news/eos-ene...

thanks to Joe Willard for putting this map together

They're advertising heat pump water heaters on the Eagles game WIP broadcast. No stopping this transition

And there we have it, folks. Saudi Arabia, Russia & Kuwait successfully block plastic production curbs. “If we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,” said Saudi delegate. “The problem is pollution itself, not plastics.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...

This is the movie, currently on Hulu. It was really good. And I hate how relevant it was to the current state of the US www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/m...

A real estate observation: Zillow pretty consistently has Point Breeze valuations at 10-20% below peak. Grad Hospital properties are holding steady.

Election 2024: What Does it Mean for Homelessness in California and Beyond? Join us @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social for a webinar on Wednesday Dec 11 at noon PT homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/ele... With: Marc Dones, Chione Flegal @annymoliva.bsky.social homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/ele...

Me watching a movie about ethnic antagonisms in Transylvania

I'm glad to see that disaster-induced housing instability is now routinely covered by the press. The next step is for states to actually have disaster programs for renters in place before disasters strike! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Tom Brady dispensing some deep wisdom on TV right now: "Quarterback is a very important position."

Johnny Doc and George Norcross in 2016 talking like Kamala Harris's campaign in 2024 www.inquirer.com/news/george-...

Reading recommendation letters from sociologists requires a hermeneutics of adverbs. Meanwhile economists are like "This is the 9th best grad student I have worked with. I recommend this candidate for positions outside of the top 23 econ departments or for any public policy school."

People wonder why "kids these days" don't go outside. It's b/c cars are designed to kill them and kids aren't dumb. No ipad ever frontovered a playing child.

want press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

this is a petition for the classical music station i listen to every morning to stop doing political news updates on the hour

Having Saquon Barkley on your team is fun. Recommended.

I wish our civic leaders cared about good governance. The dysfunction here pushes in the direction of higher housing costs and lower tax revenues. A bad combo! www.inquirer.com/news/deed-pr...

Is Bus Revolution still paused indefinitely?

GREAT NEWS!

Just saw a screening of Beyond the Bridge. A great documentary about how cities like Milwaukee and Houston have gotten people housed. asolutiontohomelessness.com

WIP Philly Inquirer Starter Pack:

As more folks come over from that other place--I started a starter pack for people working on #homelessness & #housing. Check it out! And let me know who I left off! Let's rebuild a community... go.bsky.app/JGmu7Nf

Families experiencing homelessness cite transportation as the most significant barrier to getting their children mental and behavioral health support while in shelter. Another reason to fund public transit

Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991. edopportunity.org/segregation

Emil is exactly right below. This is why I wrote this essay the day after the election of Trump. We've made real collective climate progress, and it is not game over! heatmap.news/ideas/trump-...

It turns out that many of my least favorite people from Twitter *are* active on this site, but the algorithm doesn't throw them into my feed. Novel.

Folks in Philly: if you care about making sure SEPTA continues to function (which you should) give Governor Shapiro's office a call or email. Philly is an old city built before the car. If SEPTA faces double digit budget cuts it may enter a doom loop, along with Philly itself.

Postcards from the future now come from Germany

Speaking of, I hear SEPTA has a severe budget deficit

Now that I have a lot more followers...my son really wants to know what Pokemon these are and I have no idea what to Google