Grateful to my college for this generous write-up of my work, which does a nice job of getting at what I’m trying to do

We gotta be real about this sentiment, it’s driven by concern-trolling rich people. They are fine with paying for their own child care and don’t want to pay taxes for poorer people to get child care either

You're goddamn right

Dirty deeds DUNDAS cheap

Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA.

That launch got me man

As a housing guy, I'm getting a lot of boss baby vibes from this

You do not get credit for all the times you drive sober.

Instant tears for me. Doesn't matter if I'm at the funeral of my worst enemy, I WILL cry.

Toddler question that I do not know the answer to: Does the Easter Bunny talk? Discuss!

New Bluey album has some bangers. But most importantly as far as this website is concerned, it has Stumpfest 🪵 open.spotify.com/track/32JBUY...

"The Frey administration and some city leadership seem nonplussed about the looming public education morass caused by decades of disinvestment. The only legislation that the Frey is pushing at the state legislature this session is funding for the $38 million “Community Safety and Wellness Center."

This Minneapolis rent fund is helping a group of immigrant neighbors who will be evicted within 14 days if they don’t get to goal! 😱 Can we help get them there? I can vouch for this fund and these neighbors, and I would love for them to be able to sleep tonight! Please share and give if you can! 💛

Rahm Emanuel taught me it's ok to be weird

Confession: I've never thought to shake a clam shell salad to distribute the dressing. 😔

Some bedtime wisdom from Maya "Sometimes boys steal girls' whoopee cushions"

There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences: Hubris.

Would kill for this

The gender wage gap grew when Wisconsin let school districts negotiate pay individually with teachers instead of following union pay schedules based on seniority and credentials. Men's pay rose while women's pay fell.

Good morning to everyone and this gal in particular

Oof this is getting out of hand

Go Hawks

The most evolved Hawk

There's something so quintessentially American about a gas giveaway sponsored by a drive through prosperity gospel megachurch

Chief O’Hara recently stood in front of the council and said it was MPD’s position that in three months, MPD did not see a single, solitary instance of unlawful force by a law enforcement officer against any person in this city.

Black Duck fish fry. They were nice enough to give me some crayons.

Lastly, MN Multi Housing Assoc. doesn't represent all landlords, just their paying members & vendors. Guess what? Mutual aid has been paying their members rents. Meanwhile, Strib gathers no comments/reactions from anyone involved in mutual aid? That is reason evictions are not skyrocketing! 6/6🧵

I'm going back to my roots - listening to the Dave Matthews Band unironically. Happy Friday 😎

IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER

During the end of my time at HOME Line, I was doing a lot of work with Eric on getting the City to properly fund the org. Every time I've spoken to anyone at any level of the City, they would always laud the work HOME Line does and say "We don't know where we'd be without you." Actually, I do know.

Over/under 6 punts in this Iowa vs. Nebraska game

Crew in 6

Good piece. And most strong-market cities losing more subsidized & unsubsidized low-cost rental housing then they're building. Relying on vacancy chains & modestly falling median rents won't deliver units *affordable* to those <50% AMI. Can be more cost-effective to use $$ to rehab vs. build new.

Salvatore!!!

HOME Line's tenant hotline advised 5,377 Mpls households in 2025 @ cost of ~$365K. City funds us at $125K/yr. We will be drastically under capacity responding to increased housing instability because Mayor Frey & several CMs tanked Pause Evictions, Save Lives. Maybe they'll volunteer on our hotline?

well done ai well done

Can we get 10,000 RTs for this

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This is deeply embarrassing considering Saint Paul passed a pre-eviction extension YESTERDAY.

Happy Opening Day! May your pocket pancakes be hot and moist!

Truly one of my most edifying moments was learning about submarkets at the knee of @lkb-pdx.blacksky.app… it simultaneously clarifies and mystifies thinking about supply, quality, amenities and choice. Been damn near 13 years and folks are still fighting using a flawed paradigm (singular markets)

“Our results are nuanced and both validate fears of existing low-income communities, while also showing benefits of new supply.” 👀👀👀

As always, when it comes to housing, we need all of it. There's no one solution, we need them all working together. Like Tony says, it's yes/and

If you care about housing issues at all, give this thread (if not the paper!) a read! Incredibly helpful in thinking about what's needed to get movement on price and access--a both/and approach where yes, zoning and related reforms occur, but affordable housing (of all types) is actively supported!

Very interesting new research on how new housing impacts rents in other housing nearby. Suggests that the impact varies tremendously based on whether existing housing is new or old!

Tony: Our results are nuanced and both validate fears of existing low-income communities, while also showing benefits of new supply. We support supply reforms, HOWEVER we are wary of when market supply is pitched AGAINST affordable housing and tenant protections Ian, Tony's friend: fuck him up tony

Newly published housing research! We find that the effects of new construction on rents varies by the quality of the existing housing. In the first 5 years rents went up 4.4% near low quality buildings and went down 1.7% near high quality buildings (1/x) 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....