Massachusetts' Lt. Governor just backed pro-housing legislation—reminding cities that when local inaction leaves families without homes, the state is ready to help. That's what leadership looks like. 🏛️✅

Replacing an empty parking lot with new homes is good for everyone walthamtimes.org/2026/05/26/r...

Great video about how moving chains work, with a real example youtu.be/QQYMUMTI7fk?...

"Americans are rightly frustrated about the high cost of housing. Fortunately, the country has decades of evidence about how to bring down those costs: We need to build more homes." - @nytimes.com Editorial Board www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Building delightful, walkable cities with beautiful apartments is somehow still an overlooked climate solution: www.sightline.org/2026/05/05/c...

Pizzi Farms seeks zoning reform to become housing development walthamtimes.org/2026/04/14/p...

Waltham faith leaders to gather for emergency summit on homelessness walthamtimes.org/2026/04/14/w...

When a 1-unit house is replaced with ONE larger house, the new house is ~3X pricier. When replaced by 5+ houses, each new house will be (on avg) cheaper than the original house. www.aei.org/research-pro... Change is part of the deal. Will we choose greater physical change, or greater price change?

Join Waltham Inclusive Neighborhoods and show up to speak in favor of zoning updates that will promote more housing in Waltham.

Public hearing scheduled for April 13th, 7:30pm at City Hall.

Austin’s surge of new housing supply drove down housing prices across the board, with the largest benefit going to renters in the lowest cost buildings: “Rents declined about 11% in older non-luxury buildings that cater to lower-income renters, known as Class C buildings.”

Oregon's legislature passed a bill requiring cities to fund affordability mandates for new buildings or scrap them. Portland's unfunded version had driven builders to cap projects at 19 homes to dodge the mandate. www.sightline.org/2026/03/05/o...

this is incredible. lalali chan and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social produced a zine based on slides from a presentation i did on why setbacks make for terrible neighborhoods and cities with less space for trees. it's perfect

we have to build more housing to get these people out of red states

Massachusetts invests over $16 BILLION annually in public education, a critical investment in our Commonwealth’s future. We should make sure that future can actually stay here. That means building enough housing so our graduates can put down permanent roots in Massachusetts.

Changes coming to Route 128 👀 1,000 homes at Bay Colony, 400 at Jones Rd, 600 at Market Basket — plus the Green St connector and a new commuter rail station. More homes. More tax base. No new schools needed. Smart growth that works for Waltham. 🏘️🚆

new from me: a story about VACANCY CHAINS, the idea that underlies the argument that more housing is good even if you can't afford it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Our next organizing event is Sunday Feb, 22nd at the library. A zoom link is also available through WIN’s website.

Allowing starter homes on smaller lots ➡️ building homes that everyone can afford. Let's make it reality.

Affordable housing only works if the policy works. WIN’s recommendations focus on what actually gets homes built: deeper affordability for those who need it most 💵, fewer roadblocks like excessive parking ⚠️, and rules that make on-site affordable units the norm, not an exception 🏡.

6 years, 0 locally permitted affordable homes. Waltham’s policy has good intentions, but housing isn’t getting built. It’s time to fix the rules so affordable housing can actually happen.

This Sunday’s meeting will be online only due to winter storm. Stay warm out there and hope to see you via zoom! Link available through WIN website.

Happening Today!

"78% of Massachusetts voters support “allowing homes to be built on smaller lots,” and 72% support allowing the subdivision of large lots into smaller lots." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/10/o...

New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords: "We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”

WIN’s next organizing meeting is Sunday January 25th at the Library. Come discuss housing priorities for 2026.

A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.

Kick off the new year with WIN at our first social of 2026 at the Shopper’s Cafe on Moody on Jan 16th at 6pm. Open to anyone looking to meet/connect with neighbors that has an interest in a more affordable, inclusive, and sustainable future for Waltham.

Waltham is doing a zoning review process that has major implications for affordability. Community Scale, the consultant writing the proposed updates, released draft changes for the city’s review. So far, these changes advance several of WIN’s priorities. Here’s a breakdown of some of the changes.

Where Did the Demand Come From? We at Somerville YIMBY talk a lot about the need to supply more homes to solve our housing shortage. But supply is only half the economic equation. We also need to ask ourselves where all this demand came from. Why have we seen such large increases in the cost of…

"Housing, housing, housing is the issue that I hear everywhere I go... we need to produce more housing in order to lower the cost. I have charged Senator Cyr [Housing Committee Chair] with the task 'Be bold. Nothing is off the table.'" - Massachusetts Senate President Spilka

WIN’s organizing meeting for November is next Sunday at the library! Come discuss ways to promote more abundant and affordable housing in the next year.

See more info on what candidates have said about housing! (2/2) And remember to vote November 4th!

See candidates’ statements on housing below! (1/2)

Waltham Times readers weigh in with their election priorities walthamtimes.org/2025/10/19/w...

Come organize for more abundant and affordable housing in Waltham this Sunday at the library!

Waltham Inclusive Neighborhoods Autumn Social! 🗓️ 10/17/25 @ 6 PM 📍 Deep Ellum (467 Moody St) Connect with your neighbors, housing advocates and community leaders to discuss housing affordability and inclusivity. See you there!

After a short delay, the roommate housing hearing is back on for next Tuesday!

Waltham friends, and we’d love for you to join us at our next organizing meeting. We’ll be covering: • Updates on the city’s comprehensive zoning review • Statewide housing legislation in the works • Roommate housing as part of the affordability puzzle

The week ahead: City Council returns for the fall with a new zoning plan walthamtimes.org/2025/09/07/t...

The MA housing menu is broken—too few affordable options, too many zoning restrictions. The YIMBY Bill is the recipe for change. 🏡 Hearing Sept 17. 🍴 Sign the letter 🍴 Submit testimony 🍴 Share + spread the word Learn more at: www.abundanthousingma.org/takeactonyim...

Recent article with lots of context on 40B housing development in Waltham. Waltham will soon be able to limit new development through Chapter 40B walthamtimes.org/2025/08/24/w...

TODAY! ZBA meeting in support of more multi-family development in Waltham.

The good news is, there are many ways this situation can be improved! Most of the policies affecting Waltham and Massachusetts’ housing shortage are determined on the local level, so it takes local support to bring real change!

We need more housing. Every single Senator on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted to advance a landmark package to help get more homes built and make the federal government a better partner to local communities. Let's get this done.

📣 Join Waltham Inclusive Neighborhoods (WIN) for our August Organizing Meeting! 🏡 Let’s work together to bring more abundant and affordable housing to Waltham. All are welcome! 🗓️ When: Sunday, Aug 24th, 3:00-4:30 PM 📍 Where: Waltham Public Library - Trustees Room

also, “we can only build if no one can earn a profit” is just “we shouldn’t build” with a few extra steps

🎉 HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to our WIN potluck social in Waltham! Some incredible WINS together: the transformative MBTA Communities Act, the landmark ADU legalization, and our Democratic City Committees award! 🏆 Let's keep the momentum going! 💪

Building *slows* gentrification; and *not* building makes it much worse: "The findings suggest that not allowing more homes to be built—even for high-income residents—pushes up all rents, making it harder for low-income tenants to remain in their neighborhoods." -- www.pew.org/en/research-...

I mentioned recently that Salem, Massachusetts is proposing the elimination of parking minimums. A city councilor did a great FAQ on the proposal and on parking minimums generally. Some great information and talking points here!