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Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
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Good Ilya, indeed.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

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...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

A few findings from this report that I coauthored: - A stairway in a 4-story bldg costs about $200,000 (corridor not included) - Zero deaths in 4+-story single-stair buildings in NYC or Seattle attributable to the lack of a second stair - FDNY has mostly stopped reporting fire deaths to NFIRS

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

The U.S. should probably brace for a measles mortality rate higher than 1-3 per 1,000 cases, since it's disproportionately young children who are unvaccinated, right?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Somebody is holding my twitter account ransom, and I can't get their help desk to respond to me. I would be upset about this if it weren't for bluesky.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

A new bill in Florida would eliminate parking requirements for Live Local residential projects under 20,000 sq ft Florida is not a state I was expecting to see parking reform in!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Smh ‘The Cube’ should be much bigger newyorkyimby.com/2025/02/rend...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

If you're curious how a Capitol Hill Superblock might work, here's one example that maintains access to all existing driveways while increasing pedestrian space by 50%.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

[Three year old telling me how Hill Country BBQ got chicken onto our plates] “They shot the chicken with a bow and arrow!”

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Literally laughing out loud reading this article

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

🎶 If you’re looking to start your pro-housing work week off with a bop, I’ve got you 🎶 youtu.be/SEloP9o-yv8?...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

“More generally, government regulation, not staffing, is the real problem. Cut regulation, and staff cuts can follow. Cut staff without cutting regulation, and the morass only gets worse.” marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Made it to the National Capital Trolley Museum for the first time. They have a running model trolley setup that is A+ for the ~5 and under crew

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Smart @alonlevy.bsky.social post on why building code reform is important, but zoning reform is more urgent for getting family size apartments. Seattle allows six-story single-stair buildings, but they’re mostly full of studios: pedestrianobservations.com/2025/02/21/y...

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Massachusetts policymakers didn't create the conditions for the country's least elastic housing supply by sitting on their laurels. Salim Furth and Andrew Mikula cover how the state got into this mess and how they can get out...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I know everyone is upset about single family homes being bought by investors and rented out, but I can’t get that mad about it because they give families who don’t have a $100,000+ down payment or cannot qualify for a mortgage the opportunity to live in single family neighborhoods with good schools.

submitted 7 days ago • 45 comments

When did it become acceptable to do zoom calls in a coffee shop? I did not sign off on this

submitted 8 days ago • 20 comments