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The price of housing is set by supply and demand; and we can observe the balance between supply and demand by looking at vacancy rates. Low vacancy rates give landlords power to jack up rents. Housing abundance empowers tenants to demand cheaper rents. Everyone with money on the line knows this!

submitted 33 days ago • 7 comments

This is important research by Jablonsky, Ast & Partners in Canada Keep tall building form simple, and you can save huge amounts of embodied carbon Vital for planners, architects and engineers alike

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

Those of you who aren't San Diego Politics freaks probably don't know that Trump crony and tariff mastermind Peter Navarro is a former Democrat and arch-NIMBY. Before tariffs, his big idea was a "housing development moratorium" in San Diego. A huge dumbass across two parties

submitted 39 days ago • 18 comments

Single stair has landed in Austin, with a 10-1 vote no less! Huge win for abundance in the Texas capital. 🏆 Who’s next? 👀

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

I assumed this article was about zoning, because that is the most common legal tool used to block projects people in power don't like. The zoning code in Selah, WA requires 2x as many parking spaces for mosques as any other religious building. This is totally legal and many people approved it. 😵‍💫

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

Building new buildings is the only way to create the inclusive world imagined by the ADA and Fair Housing Act amendments, but now it’s progressive to oppose changing the world because it’s just more “stuff”.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

I understand the need to avoid infighting right now, but who’s fault is it? In functioning democracies, party leadership resigns when the party loses an election. It’s past time for new leadership.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Boston! There's a street action tomorrow to protest the removal of the Boylston St Bus lane! Meet 6PM at Copley @mass.streetsblog.org @transitmatters.bsky.social @bikeboston.bsky.social @universalhub.com More info here www.reddit.com/r/bikeboston...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s Elon cutting pediatric brain cancer research 👇🏻

submitted 70 days ago • 167 comments

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Single Family Zoning Is Keeping Seattle Inaccessible to Disabled People www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/11/o...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s a solution to the “unfunded mandate”: Repeal the zoning enabling act. Zoning’s purpose is to: 1. Segregate people by class 2. Concentrate lower classes near environmental hazards 3. Prevent in implementation of accessibility laws by banning any building that would trigger them.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Trump takes egg Trump took egg Trump has taken egg Trump is taking egg Trump will take egg Trump will be taking egg Trump will have been taking egg…

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Oh hai.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

When American planners say new infill buildings “aren’t feasible” without land assembly, it usually means: 1️⃣ Our city imposes minimum parking mandates. 2️⃣ Our state building code bans the kind of modern, fire-safe single-stair apartments that are routinely built in the rest of the world.

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵

submitted 103 days ago • 67 comments

What would it look like to “pig butcher” the United States government?

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

Who wore it better?

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Would be nice if #mapoli could get this done even for government jobs.

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

Which North American city should go next on congestion pricing?

submitted 132 days ago • 2 comments

Many people claiming it’s unacceptable to criticize California’s leadership during this crisis because people are hurting. I think that’s mistaken. When there are mass shootings, we rightfully call out enabling politicians. These criticisms either have merit or they don’t. Engage with that.

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments