Brandon Stanaway
@bstanaway.bsky.social
Social Scientist @ MAPC | Organizing with @abhousingaction.org | "Housing Data Hero" | interested in labor, housing, transportation, public economics | Central Jerseyan, Allston Rat | Opinions are mine | He/him
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Academics’ and planners’ single-minded focus on making *brand new* homes affordable to the poorest people has been a disaster for poor people’s’ ability to afford housing.
Real grim stuff from a nonprofit staff attorney and former UCSD urban studies lecturer
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Academics’ and planners’ single-minded focus on making *brand new* homes affordable to the poorest people has been a disaster for poor people’s’ ability to afford housing.
@amydain.bsky.social gives a good overview of the housing permit data landscape in Massachusetts. Data collection through standard permits is minimal and Census sources leave much to be desired. Kindly cites the work I do at MAPC. Lots of work to be done!
And as she explains in the newest edition of Upzone Update—"The Surprising Lack of Good Permitting Data and What to Do about It” buff.ly/2fh6B3K —while counting permits should be easy, the process can feel like counting grains of sand. Concrete numbers keep slipping through your fingers.
The Surprising Lack of Good Permitting Data and What to Do about It
Homes in the construction pipeline should be readily countable, unlike, for example, grains of sand in Salisbury Beach.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@amydain.bsky.social gives a good overview of the housing permit data landscape in Massachusetts. Data collection through standard permits is minimal and Census sources leave much to be desired. Kindly cites the work I do at MAPC. Lots of work to be done!
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Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit.
The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.
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Leadership matters in a housing crisis.
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
September 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Leadership matters in a housing crisis.
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
📍 City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
🗓 Oct 9, 6-8PM
📍 Roxbury Community College
Hear candidates talk about affordability, zoning, transit growth + more.
🔗 Info & RSVP: www.abundanthousingma.org/atlargecandi...
#BostonHousing #Bospoli
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Join us for a Housing Coffee Hour this Saturday, July 19, 10am-noon at Smith Playground in Allston, with City Councilor Henry Santana and Liz Breadon. Working towards a vibrant resilient Allston-Brighton! Smith Playground, Allston.
July 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Join us for a Housing Coffee Hour this Saturday, July 19, 10am-noon at Smith Playground in Allston, with City Councilor Henry Santana and Liz Breadon. Working towards a vibrant resilient Allston-Brighton! Smith Playground, Allston.
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Reminder, this Monday! Come out to support housing in #Allston #Brighton! partiful.com/e/14ml7C6qif...
RSVP to AB Community Plan Open House + ABHA Happy Hour | Partiful
Join ABHA at the ALLSTON-BRIGHTON COMMUNITY PLAN OPEN HOUSE on Monday, July 14 6:00-8:00 PM at the Brighton Elks Lodge (326 Washington Street)! Wear your ABHA buttons (and see Barbara if you haven’t g...
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July 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reminder, this Monday! Come out to support housing in #Allston #Brighton! partiful.com/e/14ml7C6qif...
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86 new income-restricted apartments at 50 Western Ave in #Allston will be available by lottery. The community worked hard to get these! Info sessions coming up over the next 7 days.
June 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
86 new income-restricted apartments at 50 Western Ave in #Allston will be available by lottery. The community worked hard to get these! Info sessions coming up over the next 7 days.
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Thanks to everyone who came to the #Allston #Brighton Anti-Displacement Workshop today and sharing your stories. And thank you City of Boston staff for putting this plan together and Charlesview for creating a wonderful space for the community to come together. www.boston.gov/departments/...
Anti-Displacement Action Plan
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May 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to the #Allston #Brighton Anti-Displacement Workshop today and sharing your stories. And thank you City of Boston staff for putting this plan together and Charlesview for creating a wonderful space for the community to come together. www.boston.gov/departments/...
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Spark Boston empowers Boston's 20-35 year-olds to be civic leaders. Hope to see #Allston #Brighton folks applying. We need you now and in the future!
www.boston.gov/departments/...
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SPARK Boston
Boston is growing and changing in tremendous ways. Now, more than ever, we need to draw a larger and more diverse range of Boston’s young adults into the conversation. We need new tools and strategies...
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May 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Spark Boston empowers Boston's 20-35 year-olds to be civic leaders. Hope to see #Allston #Brighton folks applying. We need you now and in the future!
www.boston.gov/departments/...
www.boston.gov/departments/...
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Reminder, comments due May 8. Fix the IHOP Rotary Design (SFR / North Beacon intersection). This is vital for pedestrian and bicyclist access from our #Allston #Brighton neighborhood to the river. Information, talking points, and link to write a comment letter here. actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
Say NO to DCR’s 6-lane road through Brighton parkland
I wrote a letter for the Action Network letter campaign: Say NO to DCR’s 6-lane road through Brighton parkland.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is planning to rebuild the terrify...
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May 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reminder, comments due May 8. Fix the IHOP Rotary Design (SFR / North Beacon intersection). This is vital for pedestrian and bicyclist access from our #Allston #Brighton neighborhood to the river. Information, talking points, and link to write a comment letter here. actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
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"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.
April 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.