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All about solving the housing and homelessness crisis. Join us at
http://SeattleYIMBY.org
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Marc Auerbach
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Vote Steyer. Knock out Hilton.
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Pass the BUILD plan
8 days ago
background: New housing slows rent growth most for older, more affordable units
www.pew.org/en/research-...
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New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units
The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen theā¦
https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2025/07/31/new-housing-slows-rent-growth-most-for-older-more-affordable-units
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Upzone the coastal elites
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The pro-housing designation is an absolute joke. LA should never have received it, not after their illegal denial of vested ed1 projects. Not after their abysmal RHNA progress. Not after ULA.
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Jess Bateman
5 days ago
Weaponizing environmental concerns to prevent people from living in our urban environments isnāt new. Itās deployed by people with resources to restrict access to high opportunity areas. Itās nimbyism. In order to reach our housing goals, our land use processes must stop enabling this behavior.
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'Orca Appeal': A science nerd's challenge to Seattle's building plan
As City Hall continues to roll out the biggest remaking in Seattle's history, one musician challenges the underlying science. It is the story of our time.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-orca-appeal-one-musicians-challenge-of-the-remaking-of-seattle/
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I just wrote a
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social
letter: Prioritize Ballard to Westlake and Provide a Status Quo Timeline. Write one here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/may2...
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Prioritize Ballard to Westlake and Provide a Status Quo Timeline
We have a critical week ahead in the fight to save Sound Transit 3āand the Sound Transit Board needs to hear from you. On Thursday, May 28, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will vote on a proposa...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/may28?source=bluesky&
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M. Nolan Gray š„
7 days ago
California YIMBY (
@cayimby.bsky.social
) is proud to be a co-sponsor alongside a great coalitionālearn more about the bill here:
cayimby.org/legislation/...
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AB 1903: Housing Construction Defect Reform
AB 1903 will reduce housing costs and increase opportunities for homeownership by rewarding high-quality construction, and allowing builders to fix problems in newly-constructed homes before triggerin...
https://cayimby.org/legislation/ab-1903/
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Jennifer N. Victor
7 days ago
American politics is bananas. I canāt believe there is a whole generation growing up to think that itās normal for known criminals to win party nominations and public office.
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Pass the BUILD plan
8 days ago
BUILD plan fact of the day: lower income households benefit from new, market rate housing, even if they donāt live in that housing. New middle housing of the types that the plan would unban lowers housing costs for people who donāt live in that housing. š
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Max Dubler š³ļøāš
9 days ago
The fact that small scale real estate investors who flip $500k starter homes into $2 million McMansions are NOT required to provide subsidized housing for poor people but the investors who flip the same homes into ten $650,000 townhomes ARE is such an indictment of California housing policy.
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Michael Andersen
9 days ago
To get specific, I donāt know any child who has learned to read well from Portland Public Schools (as opposed to their parents). Our performance is the countryās worst and the state and district show little urgency to change this. This is very bad!
www.wweek.com/news/2025/12...
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Mississippiās Reading Turnaround Holds Lessons for Oregon
With an approach built on āthe science of reading,ā Mississippi has schooled Oregon.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/12/10/mississippis-reading-turnaround-holds-lessons-for-oregon/
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Patrick Siegman
9 days ago
Yup. Saikat can fill my mailbox with flyers, but he canāt match the way that Scott Wiener has worked thoughtfully and effectively to solve problems I care about, like improving traffic, safety, for many years.
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I just wrote a
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social
letter: Prioritize Ballard to Westlake and Provide a Status Quo Timeline. Write one here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/may2...
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Prioritize Ballard to Westlake and Provide a Status Quo Timeline
We have a critical week ahead in the fight to save Sound Transit 3āand the Sound Transit Board needs to hear from you. On Thursday, May 28, the Sound Transit Board of Directors will vote on a proposa...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/may28?source=bluesky&
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Sam
10 days ago
I also enjoy having a left wing mayor who is effective, pragmatic, and pro-housing. All of which Nithya is and Rae is not. You think Rae is zohran but in reality she is Paperboy Prince. And voting for her over Nithya, the actual candidate most comparable to Zohran/Lander, is insane
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Sam
10 days ago
the Rae Huang supporters are now insulting my physical appearance because I told them that their preferred candidate has zero chance of winning and they should instead support the progressive candidate who could actually keep Spencer Pratt out of the runoff
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Brent Toderian
10 days ago
Him only.
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Sam
10 days ago
I complain a lot about left NIMBYs. I complain a lot about right NIMBYs. but do you know which NIMBYs actually frustrate me the most? boomer faux-environmentalist NIMBYs like
@joannesimonbk52.bsky.social
. sheās literally killing homes for over 10,000 people because apartments are scary.
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Push The Needle
11 days ago
New construction is expensive. Someone alert the ābut is this affordable?ā brigade that opposes all new housing
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We need more housing to lower the cost of living and solve homelessness. I just wrote a
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social
letter: Tell Your Senators: Vote YES on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Write one here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Your Senators: Vote YES on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 396ā13, a major step forward for housing abundance and affordability nationwide...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-vote-yes-on-the-21st-century-road-to-housing-act?source=bluesky&
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Shane Phillips
12 days ago
This is a great video that puts a human face and personal story to the incredible quantitative research on moving chains done by Evan Mast and others. I think it's going to have a big impact.
youtube.com/watch?si=pm9t2HI0WtzV1zMp&v=QQYMUMTI7fk&feature=youtu.be
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Building More Housing Creates 'Moving Chains' of Affordability
YouTube video by Pew
https://youtube.com/watch?si=pm9t2HI0WtzV1zMp&v=QQYMUMTI7fk&feature=youtu.be
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Dan Bertolet
12 days ago
Pew has a new 3-minute video spotlighting the story of a real person who was able to move into an affordable home because of the vacancy chain created by the construction of an expensive new, market-rate apartment building.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQYM...
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Building More Housing Creates 'Moving Chains' of Affordability
YouTube video by Pew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQYMUMTI7fk
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Steve Lafleur
16 days ago
Want to win over lazy guys to urbanism? Explain how we can change policy so that they can have enough square footage in a walkable neighbourhood where they can live a mostly frictionless life where they either just walk to things or hop on reliable transit (or, yes, rideshare). Convenience is good!
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I just wrote a
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social
letter: Tell Your Representative: Vote YES on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Write one here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Your Representative: Vote YES on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The U.S. House is expected to vote this week on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: a major opportunity to take real action on the housing shortage. Your voice is the most powerful force in this mom...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-representative-vote-yes-on-the-21st-century-road-to-housing-act?source=bluesky&
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Futurewise
21 days ago
Why is Futurewise always talking about stacked flats? A š§µ (1/5)
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Spokane Rising
22 days ago
Friendly reminder that a vote for Spencer Pratt or Rae Huang is a vote for Karen Bass. If you live in LA, cast your primary ballot for Nithya Raman as your cityās next mayor.
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Mike Eliason
22 days ago
speaking of handouts i bet their home value has never increased dramatically
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Ned Resnikoff
27 days ago
Thereās an analogy here to anti-āgreedy developersā housing slopulism, where a populist campaign against the elites of one industry just ends up enriching other wealthy elites (in the housing case, rentiers) at the expense of everyone else.
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M. Nolan Gray š„
28 days ago
Get this man headline billing at YIMBYTown 2026.
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Yimby Andy
28 days ago
Seattle perfected the stacked flat over a century ago. Why is OPCD still fiddling around with FAR, setbacks, pitched roofs, materials, etc.?
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Max Dubler š³ļøāš
about 1 month ago
Unfunded inclusionary zoningārequiring homebuilders to rent some of their new units at a loss to low-income tenants as a condition of permit approvalāis a tax on new housing construction that worsens the housing shortage. It's bad, counterproductive policy that should be ended everywhere, for good.
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Oh The Urbanity!
about 1 month ago
Imagine trying to implement other social programs like this! Like replacing taxpayer-funded food stamps with an unfunded mandate that grocery stores sell 30% of their food at a loss.
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Great idea! Will Mayor Wilson listen?
@mayorofseattle.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
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Tag the mayor [at]mayorofseattle.bsky.social
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@mayorofseattle.bsky.social
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Contact the mayor!
seattlegov.powerappsportals.us/contact-mayor/
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Mayor Wilson: fund MHA or kill it.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field
about 1 month ago
please, god, Iāve never wanted anything more than this
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Half the Work Is Done: The Clear-Cut Case for a Subway in the I-94 Trench
The I-94 trench is an open cut waiting to be covered. Before we fill it, build a subway that merges Minneapolis and St. Paul into one downtown.
https://streets.mn/2026/04/28/half-the-work-is-done-the-clear-cut-case-for-a-subway-in-the-i-94-trench/
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Sightline Institute
about 1 month ago
Now legal in Missoula: ADUs, over-garage homes, apartments, small-scale multiplexes. Mixed use on every parcel. Costly off-street parking mandates gone. The new code doesn't just lead Montana... it shows up almost every similarly sized city in the US.
@dannytenenbaum.bsky.social
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Missoulaās Zoning Reform Raises the Bar for Small Cities | Sightline Institute
The western Montana town of 80,000 just overhauled its outdated code and legalized more homes in every neighborhood.
https://www.sightline.org/2026/04/28/missoulas-zoning-reform-raises-the-bar-for-small-cities/
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My money is on unsustainable public sector pensions.
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Some sort of soft landing is a good idea. But endless subsidies seems to be what is on order.
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Exactly. Pandering to voters.
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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences
about 1 month ago
We're nowhere near sufficiently freaked out by converging crises of 1) aging boomer population that is 2) most suburban cohort in human history while 3) living in areas at highest risk of climate disaster and 4) fighting all efforts at infill housing/transit. It's worse than you think it is, folks.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
about 2 months ago
The United States has spent decades failing to reckon with the fact that it is, fundamentally, a naval power and to be a naval power, a country must, y'know, invest in their navy.
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Seattle YIMBY
about 1 month ago
Join us to celebrate new affordable homes opening in Phinney Ridge! We're partnering with Homestead to showcase their homes & welcome new residents to an exclusive neighborhood. April 30, 6:00pm 5819 Phinney Ave. RSVP at the link below. See you there!
actionnetwork.org/events/welco...
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Spokane Rising
about 1 month ago
Completely agree with this. MHA is strangling housing production in Seattle. Even worse, the fees arenāt properly recalibrated each year to ensure the density bonus aligns. MFTE and housing levy funds are more effective for delivering affordable housing. Just get rid of it already.
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Timothy Snyder
about 1 month ago
Itās as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.
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The Urbanist
about 2 months ago
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Seattle Must Fund MHA Inclusionary Zoning or Axe It By SeattleĀ YIMBY (Guest Contributor) via
@theurbanist.org
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Op-Ed: Seattle Must Fund MHA Inclusionary Zoning or Axe It
Seattle YIMBY lays out the case for overhauling Seattle's MHA inclusionary zoning program, with funding to offset builder costs in high-density zones, and a repeal of the affordability requirements in lowrise zones.
https://www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-seattle-must-fund-mha-inclusionary-zoning-or-axe-it/
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Yes!
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The Bulwark
about 2 months ago
@sarahmatthews1.bsky.social
on Trump considering giving Iran $20B: "All those who berated the JCPOA, I'm eager to hear your assessments of Trump's potential deal...because it would be utterly tragic if after all this pain and suffering...we end up with a similar or worse deal than the JCPOA."
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Brent Toderian
about 2 months ago
Seattleās Sound Transit ācould save at least $15 billion by adopting international best practices and building automated light rail from Ballard to West Seattle. This reform would allow rail to get to Ballard by 2039, rather than decades later.ā [showing Vancouverās skytrain] AUTOMATED light rail.
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I just took action with
@ashevilleforall.org
: Downtown Asheville Is for ALL Kinds of Working People and Families. Take action here:
ashevilleforall.org/coxe-ave-apa...
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Downtown Asheville Is for ALL Kinds of Working People and Families
https://ashevilleforall.org/coxe-ave-apartments.html?source=bluesky&
about 2 months ago
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