Non-profit files plans to build 55 affordable apartments off VFW Parkway in West Roxbury www.universalhub.com/2025/non-pro... #Boston #housing

This is a phenomenal example of how people advocating for the "character of the neighborhood" are often actually advocating to *change* the character to be less dense and more suburban. Which, if you go play with the city's n'hood GIS explorer, is what has happened all over Boston!

An incomplete list of cities where housing abundance was a major campaign issue & pro-housing candidates held or expanded majorities: - Bozeman, MT - Cambridge, MA - Durham, NC - Kalispell, MT - Littleton, CO - Manchester, NH - Missoula, MT - Salt Lake City, UT - Seattle, WA - Wilmington, NC 💪

Lots of advice for Dems flying around, but here's a modest suggestion: how about more fulsomely embracing the one non-fascist people-powered movement that's actually succeeding?

Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why. They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit. The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

Lmao who are the special interests pushing single-stair reform? Small scale multifamily infill developers who don't exist yet?

🚨 BIG NEWS!! Salem, MA voted last week to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new multi-family housing! So what does this mean for Salem? 🧵 (1/4) bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/b...

New Boston polling our this morning, for @abundanthousingma.org www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/b...

Massachusetts needs more housing, not more roadblocks. 🏘️ Chip in today to help elect pro-housing champions: secure.actblue.com/donate/abund... #YIMBY #mapoli #AbundantHousing

This November, city council races across Massachusetts will decide whether we build the housing our communities need — or keep falling behind. That’s why we launched Abundant Housing MA IE PAC: to back pro-housing candidates and ensure champions win seats.

The cure to the male loneliness epidemic is YIMBY happy hours

ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong at @yimbytown.bsky.social : on any policy change, 20% of people will be cranky & loud against, 80% are supportive but busy living their lives & don’t speak up. Ignore the 20%. Turn off your social media. Find a compelling emotional hook to engage the silent 80%.

California is on track to lose Congressional seats. We are aging as a state—all because we aren’t building housing. California should be a place where graduates, seniors, families and workers can afford to live and thrive. That will take building much more housing, much quicker.

It is only barely hyperbolic to say NIMBYism and the downstream effects of making affordable housing inaccessible are why Democrats have lost so much ground.

A new state has joined the single-stair club: New Hampshire now allows four stories of multifamily, four units per floor, with a single stair. And it’s the cleanest code section there is – same conditions as for three stories. www.centerforbuilding.org/trackers?tra...

I’ve helped co-moderate two City Council forums the past two nights. My general takeaway is that I’m at the point where I can’t support candidates, even ones I like personally, whose first instinct is No. As in No to new housing, No to bus lanes, etc. We have enough No in our city. We need more Yes.

📢 The new State of the Nation’s Housing report from @harvard-jchs.bsky.social confirms housing costs are out of control. MA must act NOW to legalize more housing & invest in homes that people can afford. Check out @mollygoodman.bsky.social blog post ➡️ www.abundanthousingma.org/the-state-of...

A recent poll found 22% of Massachusetts voters saw housing as the single biggest issue facing the state government. @abundanthousingma.org @massincpolling.bsky.social

Our new poll for @abundanthousingma.org is out this morning. "Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development." bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...

Good morning! New MPG poll out today, for @abundanthousingma.org, finds strong support for more housing, even at the local level. bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...

Big news for housing advocates: New polling shows strong, bipartisan support for more housing across Massachusetts—even when it means changes to neighborhood character or local control. The momentum is real, and it’s growing. www.abundanthousingma.org/resources/20...

81% of Massachusetts voters surveyed in a recent @massincpolling.bsky.social / @abundanthousingma.org poll support "state lawmakers passing a bill to make it easier to build more homes, and a greater variety of housing options, in Massachusetts."

"the coddling of the american conservative" would be such a good book

🚨2025-2026 Statewide Policy Agenda Alert! We have developed our most ambitious and comprehensive policy agenda yet! 🏘️An Act to Promote Yes in My Back Yard 🏘️An Act to Study Single-Staircase Residential Buildings 🏘️An Act to Establish an ADU Trust Fund www.abundanthousingma.org/2025-2026-pr...

The gerontocracy has real consequences: The House just passed their budget resolution -- a vote that would have likely failed if every Democratic seat was filled. Remember: We've got three Dems missing -- one who's out from illness and two others from members who died in office. Not great.

And this is why us blue staters should never write off red states. There are folks doing the work, protesting, and advocating for change in EVERY state in this country. And some of them are doing it in the most hostile of environments. They should get our support, and we can’t abandon them.

Cambridge enacted reforms that overturn century-old zoning regulations long embedded in American land-use practice...the reforms replace a system that entrenched the status quo w/ one that embraces growth. #zoningreform #landuse #buildbabybuild #yimby @abundanthousingma.org

By freeing apartment developers to build up to four stories across the city, the hometown of Harvard and MIT has set a new benchmark for the housing movement. 📖 Read more about how upzoning in Cambridge broke the YIMBY mold. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I thought HBO had it down with their Sunday night new episodes to close out the weekend but now that I’m post-35 I really appreciate having a new episode of Severance on Fridays

🔥New Housing Report Alert! The Unlocking Housing Production Commission released a new report "Building For Tomorrow" to explore solutions on how to lower housing costs in Massachusetts. Read Full Report Here: www.mass.gov/doc/building...

I'm not a political scientist, but I do think it would help Democrats if the largest and most conspicuously Democratic state wasn't such a complete and total failure on kitchen table issue.

I wrote about what potential #HUD budget cuts and layoffs will mean for #housing programs around the country. With thanks to Mayor @melaniekebler.bsky.social, @mollygoodman.bsky.social , and others. #HousingCrisis

⚠️ AHMA STATEMENT ON SJC RULING 🚨

Today's victory in our lawsuit against Milton is a BIG step forward in our work to address the unacceptably high cost of housing for Massachusetts residents. The highest court in Massachusetts agrees: the MBTA Communities Law is mandatory, not voluntary.

We are proud of our zoning reform to come into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act, but we could do so much more. In Lexington, MBTA-CA reform will lead to the construction of 1,000 more homes. We need more drastic action to fix the housing crisis.

As of earlier this year, the median “all-in” cost of a mortgage payment, property taxes, and insurance was $2,201, up a whopping $852 in just 3 years, and the highest since data first started to be collected over 3 decades ago. @riquier.bsky.social @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

“I think it's practical for (Fannie and Freddie) to meet the market where it's at,” @mollygoodman.bsky.social , co-founder of AHMA. “We still need financial products that can serve the market, but we need to recognize that this is not sustainable.” www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Last night went a little like this..... 🤩 It was truly a CELEBRATION of ABUNDANCE!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS! Last night would have not been a success without them!

🤩 Our 2nd Annual Celebration of Abundance is officially sold out! We are super excited to host everyone and are overwhelmed by your support for our event! Tomorrow will truly be a celebration to remember!

Tickets are selling fast! Hurry and buy your ticket to our annual Celebration of Abundance! 🔗: www.abundanthousingma.org/celebration-...

🌟 The Celebration of Abundance is Almost Here! 🌟 🔗 Tickets WILL sell out - reserve your spot now! www.abundanthousingma.org/celebration-... Let’s build a more inclusive Massachusetts. 🩵 #AbundantHousingMA #MoreHomes #HousingForAll #CelebrationOfAbundance #CelebrateHomes