Great turnout for our Cleveland Park walking tour! Wonderful seeing everyone and talking about housing in Ward 3.

Our Cleveland Park walking tour is Saturday! Come join us!

How can people join you in getting involved across D.C.? Our picks this week: 🥋 A jiu jitsu 101 fundraiser for immigrant rights 🔮 D.C. 2050 with @opindc.bsky.social 🌆 @dcyimbys.bsky.social's Ward 3 walking tour ✊ A @freedcproject.bsky.social orientation + food drive

Cleveland Park walking tour this Saturday! Join ANC Commissioner Jay Bose to see what the neighborhood could become with more housing. You'll also learn about the historical context of Ward 3 and why it has struggled (refused) to build. actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

Hard to overstate what a disaster this would be for DC. The way to solve the housing shortage is to build more housing, and this proposal would kill any new home production.

This article is specifically about NYC, but DC also often requires special one-off zoning exemptions for apartments, which drives costs and kills housing

I HATE YIMBY Halloween. What do you mean you're SB69!?

Going through some of the letters submitted on the omnibus amendment (allows more in-law suites and other things). These stories show exactly why we need to build more homes in DC. Want to help? Add your story by sending the letter below!

Interesting: Today @mayorbowser.dc.gov is cutting the ribbon on an affordable senior housing development in Friendship Heights, the first project west of Rock Creek Park built with funds from the Housing Production Trust Fund, the city's main tool for financing affordable housing.

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So many of our institutions are just blind to the housing crisis

Huge win! Thanks to everyone who rallied neighbors, sent in letters, and testified to make this happen. A more vibrant DC is possible!

Simply elasticize the housing stock

Check out these beautiful alley homes off U St! If you think we should build more of these, sign our letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...

Can't wait to see everyone this evening!

Baltimore eliminated parking requirements last night we really need to get our shit together

"Change the building code to allow more apartments with windows on multiple sides" is definitely better than my typical pitch on single stair.

"sunlight suite" is great branding we should all be plagiarizing

Genuinely an absolute disaster. We're going to feel it in prices in the next few years. We need to allow a lot more building in the comp plan and reduce cost/delays from zoning/permitting to counteract the interest rate environment.

It's beautiful outside! Join us for a happy hour Wednesday! actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

Reminder we have a happy hour coming up this Wednesday, October 22. Come hang out and learn what we have going on! actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

Reading this article from @resnikoff.bsky.social reminds me we have a happy hour on 10/22 @metrobardc.bsky.social and I hope to see you all there! actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

Congrats to Isabel Cholbi, the new ANC for 5D01 (Union Market), who was sworn in by @cmzparker5.bsky.social yesterday. Looking forward to working with her!

Our Ward 3 for everyone happy hour was a lovely meet-up with likeminded folks. We’ve got a lot to champion- Wisconsin & Conn Aves rezoning, a new Comp Plan in the works. Grateful for partners working together.

Love getting to the part of the urbanism book that talks about local NIMBYs

when people ask me if i'm in favor of abundance

It's a beautiful home, but today every alley home has to be a bespoke project, like this one. The way to get these built regularly is to make them legal to build without getting cumbersome zoning exceptions. Help us Make Alley Homes Boring Again. actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...

Incredible turnout last night. We are going to bring more homes and new neighbors to ward 3. Help us make it happen. actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...

DC alleys don't need to be this way. We can fill them with homes and turn them into communities within communities. Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...

DC's high rent is a policy choice. Join us to change it!

Join us Tuesday for drinks and talk about more housing around our shops and Metro! And take action by signing up to testify (it's so easy and we'll help) cpsmartgrowth.com/testify

No place I'd rather spend the rapture. Join us tonight!

One change that could allow a lot of small starter homes in DC is to legalize alley homes. Tell the Zoning Commission you want these affordable options in DC! actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...

Great overview of what Missing Middle housing can bring to Arlington. share.google/EIBd7UpJOgOG...

Sometimes when people hear "legalize apartments", they think of towering structures. But the sixplex in this article (first pic) would look right at home in some of DC's wealthier neighborhoods (others)

We'll be at the Mt. Pleasant Transit Party this Sunday rallying for a connected bike network and the crosstown bus project. Come join us! partiful.com/e/1YpnJHHH8W...

If we've talked about housing in DC, you've probably heard me say "Upzone Ward 3!" (& the rest of our wealthy low-density residential areas while you're at it) Here's a way to tell the Zoning Commission and Council to do just that, via @dcyimbys.bsky.social: actionnetwork.org/letters/5684...

Literally could not have said it better myself

Yesterday, a few volunteers helped a new YIMBY ANC get her wings (collect enough signatures to get on the ballot). Looking forward to getting Isabel Cholbi elected in 5D01! Special thanks to @jbhenchman.bsky.social and @vjkapur.bsky.social. Let's 🏗️build🏗️

Gotta love #YIMBYtown, -Boos for Prop 13 -Cheers for land value tax -Claps for removing local control over housing

Congratulations to our California friends, who just won a fight to legalize homes near transit! DC should make similar reforms.

Looking for volunteers to collect signatures for a YIMBY candidate tomorrow 12-2 in Union Market. DM or email hello [at] DCYIMBYs [dot] org for details!

The Zoning Commission is considering upzoning Cleveland Park, Woodley Park, Friendship Heights, & Tenleytown. These changes will finally legalize homes in some of DC's most exclusionary neighborhoods! Meet YIMBYs and learn how you can help at our next happy hour! actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

Our next happy hour is Tuesday, September 23 at Fat Pete's in Cleveland Park! @bobwarddc.bsky.social will be there to speak about the Ward 3 upzonings, and we'll have ways to tell DC leaders to Say Yes to Homes in Ward 3! actionnetwork.org/events/dc-yi...

We need to build more housing

I have cited low vacancy numbers currently compared to higher vacancy numbers previously when Seattle was more affordable and they scoff at it. When I mention the confirmed data from the Vancouver Empty Homes Tax they also claim “they found ways to skew it”.

Berkeley tried to institute vacancy control to force landlords to put more housing on the market. All it did was make small landlords and tenants worse off. 🧵 www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/08/b...

Alley homes are a part of DC's history! Many were built in the 1800s to house DC's surging working class population. In1897, alleys housed >17k people, mostly black. By the 1930s, many had been demolished as part of "beautification" projects. bsky.app/profile/dcyi...

The thing is if you actually look at what the Blackstones of the world say, they looooove when cities don't build housing. It means less supply and higher rents for them. If you want to bankrupt Blackstone you need to build more housing.

A few weeks ago, we launched a campaign to allow more alley homes in DC. Alley homes can provide small, starter homes for families and support equitable and inclusive growth throughout the city. A 🧵 on alley homes and how you can help support. actionnetwork.org/letters/alle...