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Dad. Writer. Houser. Policy Director @ Up For Growth Terner Center affiliate Eden Housing Board member
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

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Mark your 🗓️! This Tuesday, Congress (HFSC housing subcommittee) is holding a hearing on "Increasing Housing Supply in America." The hearing will preview forthcoming housing supply bills & will include testimony from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social, among others! financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eve...

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Want to work on housing supply research with some of the smartest people in the field? Check out this job opening with my colleagues at @ternerhousing.bsky.social!

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Is nothing sacred?!?

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As proposed, cuts to HUD staff will significantly impact housing supply by disrupting several of the agencies key functions meant to support the construction of more homes. We laid out our concerns in a letter to the administration, summarized here. upforgrowth.org/news_insight...

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Michelle Schneidermann from @chcfnews.bsky.social interviews Faculty Research Advisor Carolina Reid about affordable housing in California and how affordable housing developers might use CalAIM to help improve outcomes for people experiencing #homelessness: www.chcf.org/blog/housing...

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Apropos of nothing, here's a friendly reminder that the GAO has saved the American taxpayer $1.45 trillion since 2002 through government program improvements and efficiencies....

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"Musk go!"

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SB 9 was a step in the right direction to boost housing supply in California, but take up remains limited. Glad to see lawmakers stepping up to improve the law. Thanks @xianleonard.bsky.social and the @sfchronicle.com for the opportunity to discuss! www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

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The only king NYC should recognize...

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Joel Kotkin laments the high cost of infill development due to regulations, but instead of calling for regulatory reform to reduce those costs, his only solution is to deregulate single family suburban development?? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Over the weekend, Senate Dem leaders sent a letter to New HUD Secretary Scott Turner regarding the significant reported cuts at HUD and asking for transparency www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...

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Kendrick just singlehandedly made Canada the 51st state

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It turns out that one of Scott Turner's priorities as HUD Secretary will be...renaming HUD?? www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

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Thanks to the @sfchronicle.com for publishing my op-ed with Michael Lane on the Bay Area's housing underproduction. TLDR driving housing costs up by under building so that people just decide to leave is NOT a good approach to lowering demand/prices! www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

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Hey! Come work with me!!

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Interested in making a difference at the intersection of housing policy and federal politics? Come work with me at Up For Growth! We're hiring an Advocacy Manager for our DC office 👀 upforgrowth.org/opportunitie...

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Staying hydrated got a little sadder today

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RIP Rickey 😔 2024 can't end soon enough www.sfchronicle.com/sports/athle...

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Crabcakes and housing reform: that's what Maryland does!

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NBD North Carolina is just over here banning all downzonings👀

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This is the lede we deserve

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Statement from Senator Tim Scott lays out two of HUD Secretrary nominee Scott Turner's priorities after meeting together: - reduce red tape to build more housing - double down on Opportunity Zones to build more housing

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ICYMI there's a new, bipartisan pro-housing bill in Congress...

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Love a good train station

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Hello Denver! Honored to be hosting Governor Jared Polis today at our Colorado pro-housing forum.

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I was once (a couple years ago) a skeptic of rental housing "filtering" -- the theory that new "luxury" apartments pull up higher-income renters from moderate-priced rentals, thereby benefitting moderate-income renters, and on down the line. I am no longer a skeptic.

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

👀 New housing bill just dropped in Congress! Excited to see Rep. Flood and Rep. Blunt Rochester introduce the Housing Supply and Innovation Act. Take a look... flood.house.gov/media/press-...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

My latest Governing column covers my new article on minimum lot size reduction in Houston: www.governing.com/urban/how-u-...

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🚨HR 3507 (aka the YIMBY Act) will be heard today on the House floor with a vote expected soon thereafter.

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Speaker Robert Rivas kicked off the California State Assembly with a stirring focus on cost of living in California, asking Legislators to prioritize building housing fast. Pro Tem McGuire made a similar goal of building more housing, but focused less on making California affordable overall.

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This is the kind of wholesome, silly content I've been missing since that other site went downhill

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Good look into the impact of ULA (Los Angeles' "mansion tax") and a cautionary tale for those considering similar changes

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Aloha 🌴⛱️🌊

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Silicon Valley 🤝 startled cat move fast and break things

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How I'm spending the first night of vacation in my Maui hotel room

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Legalizing more housing leads to lower rents, you say??

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In this working paper that was published today, Matthew Maltman and I review some of the economic evidence on the effects of ✨upzoning✨in Auckland in 2016. tldr: We find remarkably robust evidence that upzoning led to more housing and lower rents in Auckland. Wow! www.motu.nz/our-research...

submitted 96 days ago • 9 comments

here's one to watch: Cambridge MA is contemplating six-story, by-right zoning for the entire city -- "advocates say [it] would be among the broadest zoning reform efforts tried in an American city" www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/21/b...

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Are people really #moving back into #cities? JPMorganChase says yes. But which people? And which cities? www.jpmorgan.com/insights/rea...

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Former Rep. and current VA gubernatorial candidate @abigailspanberger.bsky.social gets it www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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We now know who will likely lead HUD under the next administration: Scott Turner. Many will note his career in the NFL, but it should also be noted that he worked with a large multifamily developer and in Trump's first admin, worked on Opportunity Zones. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

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Where my YIMBY’s at?

submitted 99 days ago • 7 comments