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Dan Bertolet
danbertolet
Should the federal government flex its muscle to stop local governments from banning housing and maintaining segregation?Yep.The #YIMBYAct is a first step.https://www.sightline.org/2020/09/03/federal-hammer-on-apartment-bans/ The McCloskey&
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Delegate Ibraheem Samirah
IbraheemSamirah
For #EarthDay , a quick thread.We don't always talk about it this way, but housing and zoning are issues of climate and environmental justice.Here's why Simply put, single-family homes
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imperfect produce 🍃
LeeHepner
Someone explain to me why, if we agree that redlining is racist, the deregulation of zoning controls designed to inhibit gentrification is not. Mildly anxious about what’s going to happen
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NPR
NPR
1/ "Racial covenants" — language barring non-white people from buying or living in a property — were attached to tens of thousands of homes in Minneapolis.That helped create a foundation
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Share The Cities - Action Fund
STCActionFund
How do we convert offices & retail to housing? I’ve been asking this for years. Not pilot projects; need large ones. Lots of moving pieces ... zoning, code, physical changes,
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Ally Schweitzer
allyschweitzer
So, about that $20 million that Amazon has offered up to Arlington's Affordable Housing Investment Fund. Let's be clear on what this contribution is. It's not an act of charity.
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erstwhileboffin
Zoning board time again... first up, several minor amendments or expansions, and at the end, two new applications for a mid-rise multifamily in a two-family zone (gonna need to scroll
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[Horatio]
elosodelsol
And here it is. HB16 is up for second reading on the Senate floor, finally. As read with two amendments by Chairman Smith, the bill would outlaw agreements between local
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Henry Kraemer 🧦🌇🚎
HenryKraemer
CALLING ALL HOUSING TWITTER! Our leading tenant advocate (and a great pro-housing voice) on the Portland city council, @ChloeEudaly is fighting for reelection vs. a NIMBY (& corporate & cop)-backed
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Alex Fisch
AlexFischCC
A majority of the Culver City city council agreed tonight to agendize a discussion about exclusionary zoning our residential zones. The advocates who called for this conversation organized very openly,
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Henry Kraemer 🧦🌇🚎
HenryKraemer
Since we're having that debate again, I'll just lay out a quick thread on why, as a leftist, I believe we need to end exclusionary zoning & build a bunch
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Isaac
umfn_
ladies, well i mean shit or gay guys i guess. do you ever get offended or insecure when a guy gets soft during sex? fellas: you ever randomly lose your
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Sam Lieberman
Liebsinthetrap
Affordable housing regulations in Acton, like most of Mass, are asinine and racist. This town is controlled by NIMBYS 1/ 13 Families can qualify for subsidized moderate-income housing if their
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Ramathan Ggoobi
rggoobi
I think you meant 50k per ton of cane. Here are the numbers: 1. A TATA carries app. 15 tons of cane. So a farmer gets 750k2. From a ton,
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Moses Kagan
moseskagan
The way to think about LA is as a giant tournament:Every year, X 22 yr olds arrive looking to make itSome prosper, stay & build familiesMany (most?) never find a
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Jenny Schuetz
jenny_schuetz
Friends, let's step back a bit from "abolish the suburbs" & talk about the underlying problem. Economic opportunity varies a lot across places. And high housing costs in some suburbs
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