A general contractor in Tennessee is behind bars for texting his crew that ICE was on-site so they could get to safety. Just trying to build homes in a housing shortage. www.wbir.com/article/news...

A general contractor in Tennessee is behind bars for texting his crew that ICE was on-site so they could get to safety. Just trying to build homes in a housing shortage. www.wbir.com/article/news...

This is why I have been urging folks who are protesting ICE to support housing policy - specifically the Slow the Inflow amendment. The more we can keep people safely housed, the more able we will be able to resist and abolish ICE.

NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...

What's been giving me hope lately are all the people providing affordable housing for their neighbors, family, and friends *despite* laws that prohibit it. In Washington #HB1443 could bring mobile dwellings out of hiding and into more backyards. #waleg www.sightline.org/2026/01/26/f...

What's been giving me hope lately are all the people providing affordable housing for their neighbors, family, and friends *despite* laws that prohibit it. In Washington #HB1443 could bring mobile dwellings out of hiding and into more backyards. #waleg www.sightline.org/2026/01/26/f...

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

"Things are not normal. Things are not okay. The state AGs are meeting an unhinged moment exactly where it is." Great stuff from @sarahjeong.bsky.social, and major shoutout to @agdanrayfield.bsky.social, who does seem to be rising to the moment as much as anyone www.theverge.com/policy/86588...

Thanks #MarkCarney for reminding us all about the power of the green grocer.

🙋‍♀️ Mobile Dwelling Units.

There are so many hard decisions to make right now. Keeping parking mandates is not one of them. Literally one of the easiest things policymakers can do to support their economy and make government more efficient.

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

On this MLK Day, one particular passage from his address at the March on Washington seems especially relevant.

Glad to see this public infrastructure the respect it deserves!

At what point do people say out loud that the federal government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing? I feel like I am going crazy reading about "immigration raids" and "protests" and "self-deportation". If we want to stop a genocide, we need to acknowledge how close we are to it.

ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.

BREAKING: The Senate Law & Justice Committee just advanced SB 5855, Senator Valdez's bill to prohibit law enforcement from wearing masks and to require identifying information. ICE is out of control. Let’s get that bill to my desk immediately so I can sign it into law.

Yesterday in California, construction workers leaped from roof to roof to [successfully] evade ICE agents. abc7.com/post/montebe...

The Associated General Contractors of America said in this interview that nearly *HALF* of job sites in the United States have been impacted by ICE raids. 😵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ykT...

Ever lived in a building with an elevator? I haven't. It wasn't until recently that I realized how unusual this is. In most of the rich world, elevators aren't just for tall buildings in big cities. They're all over. To be age-friendly & accessible, our society needs to change this. Here's how.

This video about why elevators are so much more expensive to install and maintain in North America than the rest of the developed world is fantastic. (Hint: it's a solvable policy problem!) youtu.be/Or1_qVdekYM?...

In good news, Virginia introduced a bill to eliminate all parking mandates today! 🥳⬇️ lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday. You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

"As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed." www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...

"Most homeowners would see a minor dip in their property tax bill, particularly in poorer areas with lower land values" www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

I got a couple stitches on the bottom of my foot once and couldn’t walk for a month. I needed assistance *EVERY* time I wanted to leave my building since my knee scooter had to get carried down ~6 stairs. It was very isolating. Any of us can lose our physical ability at any time.

It’s only a layover, but still kinda exciting to be passing through NYC on the first day of the Mamdani administration. Wishing them a successful and happy 2026! 🗽🎉🇺🇸

Read this www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...

“Without enough workers, construction has slowed, sending a ripple effect throughout the economy. Economists suggest that this will drive housing costs up — even as Texas officials focus on bringing such costs down.” @texastribune.org www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...

Trump's tariffs are driving up construction costs, slowing homebuilding, and worsening the nation’s already severe housing shortage. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-administration-tariffs-could-result-in-450000-fewer-new-homes-through-2030/

This year’s addition to the Christmas tree ⬇️ Washington’s Parking Reform & Modernization Act!

Thinking today about this sentence: "Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."

Excited to add @sightline.org to this coalition letter declaring it "unacceptable that it costs up to five times more in the United States than in Europe to build and maintain an elevator" & advancing specific solutions. Your org should probably join too! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“I don't wanna go far for stuff" My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

our bifurcated & malicious land use policies enrich homeowners while harming renters no other country focuses affordable/multifamily housing on the most toxic streets to the degree the US does this also have massively poor public health outcomes. EVs don't solve this www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Couple Hikes Mount Si to Train for Townhome Stairs: tinyurl.com/4a7f2yt2

Construction worker in process of getting a green card currently being detained at a ICE facility owned by GEO group. He leaves a wife and 1 year old child at home. www.mlive.com/news/2025/12...

Tomorrow, Oregon is poised to approve the nation's first statewide model zoning code + become the first state to make it mandatory in cities that underperform their peers on housing production www.sightline.org/2025/12/03/n...

Price those curbs! 👏 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

At a public meeting of the South Texas Builders Association one construction company reported losing 25-30% of his construction crews because of immigration arrests. Projects three months behind schedule. “This is what is happening across the country.” spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

There is current signature gathering in PDX for participatory budgeting. I want to love it but their pitch is so weak it hurts me.

"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record. Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal

Our cities plan parking around peak usage and plan roads for rush hour, so they certainly believe in judging a transportation system by how well it works at its worst. This is a post about winter sidewalk and bike lane maintenance.

I was about to post a news article an out an immigration raid until I read “according to Grok”. 🤮

“These findings underscore the depth and breadth of the housing crisis, which is increasingly pricing out working families across the country — regardless of geography or profession.”

Your annual Black Friday reminder that parking mandates for businesses are way too big! Ditch them all. www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/y...

Congrats CT!

I know I’m getting old because my friends are all now using 3rd party websites to send out party invites, and I am cranky about it. It’s impossible to find in your messages later. Be old fashioned and just text me your canva flyer!

We’re going to need more fact checkers. Human ones.

Outtake from my tiny house roadtrip!