Posting about my Colorado-based CLT plex-building company again www.woodhaus-co.com

listen, if this is what it takes for the left to stop treating labor like it’s a movement of saints, and not real people with the capacity to do harm out of irrational self-interest, then good.

They are not against political violence, they are against political violence by their opponents.

the biggest barrier to abundance isn’t DSA or online leftists. it’s wealthy boomer homeowners who don’t want anything to change, ever

By my napkin math, since rents have dropped $71 on average this year, and since there are 409,684 occupied rental units in metro Denver, then the recent drop in rents means that 71*409,684*12= Denver-area renters saved roughly $350,000,000 just this year.

When like 40% of the general population believes that apartment owners purposefully leave units vacant It would be a really good idea to have accurate data to disprove them

Gonna keep beating this dead horse but as a Yimby it pisses me off to see this group try to co-opt a progressive movement that I believe deeply in. This lady's family shot at me and Bureau of Land Management staff and now shes an invited speaker. I want cities and trains and these people do not

I think our blue state leaders need to begin preparing for this, in part by making it much easier to build less expensive homes in our blue state cities because we cannot provide refuge to people fleeing red state oppression at scale while appeasing every objection to new housing.

In other words, their socialism is better than ours, but *their capitalism is also better than ours*. What we have is a shit mixed system that does both parts badly & serves no one but the wealthy.

My friend JUST got hit by a bike in front of STK. Luckily, they're okay since it was a low-speed collision (the driver was turning into the parking garage), but removing the posts was a terrible move. @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social @westword.com @denverite.bsky.social @yimbydenver.bsky.social

It's similar in Denver. In my last building, 80AMI units were originally ~10% less than MR units. Within two years, the MR units were under the 80AMI prices, but the affordable ones still required extra paperwork. 30-50AMI rentals make sense, along with 60-80AMI for sale. MR should handle the rest.

New post about how bulk transit passes are incredibly affordable and pair nicely with new parking reform and TOD laws. New tools in SB25-161 expand this program - let's use them! Written with James Flattum from @greatdentransit.bsky.social

I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump: Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...

Thinking of smuggling a shipping container of Chinese solar panels, inverters, and R290 heat pumps into America like a 1920s bootlegger

Great post on how to get better urbanism buildingoptimism.substack.com/p/the-one-th...

City of Denver analysis reveals major potential for single-stair housing — identifying 39,000 parcels where single-stair apartments could be built. This includes hundreds of vacant lots across the city and lots where affordable housing incentives allow for the construction of taller housing.

Democrats hide behind procedure to stop whatever policy agenda they even pretend to have. Enough is enough! Do something!

Light wood frame construction should not be legal for any vaguely urbanized area, and sprinklers should not be required in most new buildings

not sure how you can talk about 'courtyard urbanism' without talking about point access blocks - the very thing that *enables* courtyard living commonedge.org/courtyard-ur...

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Like @dansavage.bsky.social often says, if clowns raped kids as often as Christians do, circuses would be illegal.

Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities

Instead of wasting $30M on a canceled pedestrian bridge, imagine giving 12 Colorado cities their own giant blue animal. Denver has the bear. Fort Collins gets a buffalo. Boulder a ram. Springs a lynx. Smaller towns get prairie dogs, minks, whatever. Weird, fun, and tourism gold. #colorado #denver

"Can we get a Google Meet AI to prioritize all camera feeds with pets on them?" Someone at work has finally proposed an unequivocally good use case for AI.

We did it y'all! Parking minimums are abolished citywide for all uses in Denver!

Best take on left-Abundance I've seen. Long read, but worth it. jacobin.com/2025/08/klei...

The Problem With Left-Wing NIMBYism

America’s aversion to buildings taller than ~three stories and love of side setbacks significantly degrades our urban neighborhoods by forcing small apartment buildings to cover most of their lots, leaving little room left for green space.

PROPOSAL: Instead of spending $30M on a pedestrian bridge at the Capitol, what if Colorado funded GIANT BLUE ANIMALS across the state? HEAR ME OUT: Divide the $$ to ~12 cities to each build a sculpture. BAM, new statewide scavenger hunt. A tourism magnet. #copolitics

So far, in 2025, two people have died on the NYC subway. while over 20,000 people have died on American roads

I ended up sitting next to Buster Corley (co-founder of Dave & Buster's) in 2018 at a restaurant bar in Denver (Root Down). We were both alone and ended up talking for two hours about how to build a business. It was very enlightening for me as a 29-year-old.

The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.

Thinking about how there's some group of climate activists somewhere who fought sincerely for a hard-won, significant victory, and their net impact is probably less than some Chinese engineer who figured out how to make one solar panel factory 0.5% more efficient

It is becoming increasingly unpleasant to be the customer of a giant corporation in the United States. Every new technology seems to be used to further protect corporations from the rage of their customers, thus allowing the management to care less. Thread 1/

Posting about my company (woodhaus) again so I can pin it to my page www.woodhaus-co.com

Post a meme made by you

There aren't many bespoke tailors in the US bc the cost of living is too high. To pay $3.5k rent, you need to make $10k/ month, which won't happen as a tailor, let alone an apprentice. If you move to a cheaper area, there will be fewer customers and shops. This is why we need affordable housing.

New findings from the National Zoning Atlas reveal that nearly 70% of land zoned for housing in Colorado restricts affordable options like apartments and condos. We must reform zoning laws to ensure that all Coloradans have access to safe and affordable housing. coloradosun.com/2025/07/01/n...

This covers everything that's wrong with the Denver city government's bureaucrats. share.google/GKuJ9HrufyXJ...

I think nostalgia might be one of if not the most corrosive force at play in the modern world.

People should boycott all products from Alaska until she votes against the bill when it comes back from reconciliation. Unlike other states, Alaska can be significantly affected by a boycott due to its limited industries and small population.

Nearly 70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits the most affordable types of homes, study finds

I wondered the same thing - so I made this:

Build lots of housing, especially near jobs and transit.

Opinion: Denver Parking Minimums Increase Housing Costs

As Mayor I’ll build 500,000 new housing units in NYC. Here’s how I’ll do it.

I haz website woodhaus-co.com

"Most of the people who live outside the city drive cars to work. This is far more dangerous than riding the subway. Last year there were 10 murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City."

Want more funding for housing in Denver? Email city council by 5pm today! actionnetwork.org/letters/rank...

"America experiences more than 10 traffic fatalities for every fire-related fatality, and more than 100 people injured in traffic crashes for every fire-related injury." opticosdesign.com/blog/if-you-...