Daniel Kay Hertz
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
https://daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/
https://daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/
Evanston running a clinic on blue government housing dysfunction
Geracaris "we need to get to a point where we know what we want built and where and then we just allow that"
YEP.
Rogers "everybody wants to just give this one away. Smaller projects have provided more public benefits"
THIS IS HOW YOU GET A HOUSING CRISIS.
YEP.
Rogers "everybody wants to just give this one away. Smaller projects have provided more public benefits"
THIS IS HOW YOU GET A HOUSING CRISIS.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Evanston running a clinic on blue government housing dysfunction
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"This isn’t a maintenance bill. It’s a systems-building bill. And it positions Illinois to do something few American states have attempted: build a modern, frequent, interconnected railway network that treats mobility as essential infrastructure rather than a social service."
A striking innovation in the Illinois Transit Bill is the explicit embrace of “regional rail”—a term that signals a complete departure from the commuter rail model that has defined suburban train service for over a century www.hsrail.org/blog/illinoi...
Illinois Quietly Rewrote the Rules: Intercity Rail is Now Transit | High Speed Rail Alliance
This new bill positions Illinois to build a modern, frequent, interconnected railway network that treats mobility as essential infrastructure
www.hsrail.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"This isn’t a maintenance bill. It’s a systems-building bill. And it positions Illinois to do something few American states have attempted: build a modern, frequent, interconnected railway network that treats mobility as essential infrastructure rather than a social service."
A developer is offering to do 1/3 more affordable units than required—and 130% more than have been produced in the 18 year history of Evanston’s policy—for zero actual budget outlay from the city, and Council is saying do less
Kelly says she asked about seeing it at the 15%, less tax discounted level, rather than the 20% level. Developer guy behind me sighs *heavily*.
Kelly should propose big projects she likes. Pitch proactive upzonings of the sites. Or hell, support quadplexes everywhere. Oh wait.
Kelly should propose big projects she likes. Pitch proactive upzonings of the sites. Or hell, support quadplexes everywhere. Oh wait.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A developer is offering to do 1/3 more affordable units than required—and 130% more than have been produced in the 18 year history of Evanston’s policy—for zero actual budget outlay from the city, and Council is saying do less
Evanston city council is actively telling a developer to do less affordability
Kelly says she asked about seeing it at the 15%, less tax discounted level, rather than the 20% level. Developer guy behind me sighs *heavily*.
Kelly should propose big projects she likes. Pitch proactive upzonings of the sites. Or hell, support quadplexes everywhere. Oh wait.
Kelly should propose big projects she likes. Pitch proactive upzonings of the sites. Or hell, support quadplexes everywhere. Oh wait.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Evanston city council is actively telling a developer to do less affordability
lol
suffredin asks if the project will be contributing to D65. developer asks "...beyond property taxes?" suffredin says "yes" developer says "no."
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
lol
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The city of Evanston is looking at 1% real estate transfer tax to fund a property tax circuit breaker program. ~63% of their housing cost burdened residents are renters.
To qualify, residents will need to have lived in their home for 15+ yrs and spend 5% or more of their income on property tax
To qualify, residents will need to have lived in their home for 15+ yrs and spend 5% or more of their income on property tax
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The city of Evanston is looking at 1% real estate transfer tax to fund a property tax circuit breaker program. ~63% of their housing cost burdened residents are renters.
To qualify, residents will need to have lived in their home for 15+ yrs and spend 5% or more of their income on property tax
To qualify, residents will need to have lived in their home for 15+ yrs and spend 5% or more of their income on property tax
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The Republican Senate majority is built on minority rule, enabled by unequal representation & the two-party system.
The GOP hasn’t won more total votes or represented more people than Dems since the 1990s. They’ve won the Senate in 7 of 13 elections since 2000 anyway
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The GOP hasn’t won more total votes or represented more people than Dems since the 1990s. They’ve won the Senate in 7 of 13 elections since 2000 anyway
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Republican Senate majority is built on minority rule, enabled by unequal representation & the two-party system.
The GOP hasn’t won more total votes or represented more people than Dems since the 1990s. They’ve won the Senate in 7 of 13 elections since 2000 anyway
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The GOP hasn’t won more total votes or represented more people than Dems since the 1990s. They’ve won the Senate in 7 of 13 elections since 2000 anyway
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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In 2018, then-Mayor Ada Colau called Barcelona’s new 30% inclusionary housing requirement for projects over 600m^2 a “paradigm shift,” making housing “a right and not a commodity.” It was supposed to produce 330 affordable units a year. The reality: just 31 affordable apartments in all these years.
Cuando se ha aprobó esta medida dije repetidamente que iba a ser un fracaso y que no construirían nada de vivienda asequible. Se ha probado en mil sitios y no funciona.
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
La reserva del 30% solo ha generado 31 nuevas viviendas protegidas en siete años en Barcelona
Otros 123 pisos disponen de licencia ya aprobada, mientras los gremios afectados reclaman un marco legal estable para poder despertar al sector de su letargo
www.lavanguardia.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In 2018, then-Mayor Ada Colau called Barcelona’s new 30% inclusionary housing requirement for projects over 600m^2 a “paradigm shift,” making housing “a right and not a commodity.” It was supposed to produce 330 affordable units a year. The reality: just 31 affordable apartments in all these years.
Far, far from the cruelest or dumbest thing they’ve done but it is maybe the one that most clearly has no motivation except for “we want what’s worst for everyone”
The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Far, far from the cruelest or dumbest thing they’ve done but it is maybe the one that most clearly has no motivation except for “we want what’s worst for everyone”
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
What
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What
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The Trib story about Chicagos in this moment focuses quite a bit on a white woman from Mt Prospect w) the shorthand that it is a white community. More than 1/3 of the people who live there are not.
How does that change the way the character and anecdote operate in the context of the story?
How does that change the way the character and anecdote operate in the context of the story?
cmap.illinois.gov
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Trib story about Chicagos in this moment focuses quite a bit on a white woman from Mt Prospect w) the shorthand that it is a white community. More than 1/3 of the people who live there are not.
How does that change the way the character and anecdote operate in the context of the story?
How does that change the way the character and anecdote operate in the context of the story?
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Aaaannnyway...Lincoln Park IS a very white community and also about a quarter of the people who live in Lincoln Park are not white. About 2/3 of the kids at LPHS are not white. What do you lose in conversation about the feds rolling into Lincoln Park when you pretend those people don't exist?
cmap.illinois.gov
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Aaaannnyway...Lincoln Park IS a very white community and also about a quarter of the people who live in Lincoln Park are not white. About 2/3 of the kids at LPHS are not white. What do you lose in conversation about the feds rolling into Lincoln Park when you pretend those people don't exist?
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There is extreme residential racial segregation in Chicago...and also Chicago's "white" neighborhoods are a lot more diverse than media and politics acknowledge and this leads to some real dissonance in the way we talk about what's happening right now.
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There is extreme residential racial segregation in Chicago...and also Chicago's "white" neighborhoods are a lot more diverse than media and politics acknowledge and this leads to some real dissonance in the way we talk about what's happening right now.
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We really don’t talk enough about how much the 21st-century three-branch equilibrium (executive branch makes policy; judicial branch red-light-green-lights policy; Senate turns the judge-making machine on and off) is an absolute disaster for a) basic administration and b) policy predictability.
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We really don’t talk enough about how much the 21st-century three-branch equilibrium (executive branch makes policy; judicial branch red-light-green-lights policy; Senate turns the judge-making machine on and off) is an absolute disaster for a) basic administration and b) policy predictability.
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Woah, 71st Street got a road diet and protected bike lanes from Cottage Grove to Dorchester! The terrifying drag strip along the southern edge of Oak Woods Cemetery is no more. This is so awesome!
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Woah, 71st Street got a road diet and protected bike lanes from Cottage Grove to Dorchester! The terrifying drag strip along the southern edge of Oak Woods Cemetery is no more. This is so awesome!
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c... "Near 26th and Ogden a woman sat in the passenger seat of a car, bouncing an infant girl. The girl was silent, her eyes damp and bloodshot. Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. The man and the baby had both been hit by pepper spray."
DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c... "Near 26th and Ogden a woman sat in the passenger seat of a car, bouncing an infant girl. The girl was silent, her eyes damp and bloodshot. Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. The man and the baby had both been hit by pepper spray."
Yes
& also underestimate how many government workers are already itching to be given a mandate to do big things and make a positive difference in people’s lives rather than just keep the lights on and tinker around the edges sometimes
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yes
Become a bureaucrat, seriously
think most left-leaning folks underestimate the importance and impact of having your cadres in the bureaucracy as well as in elected positions
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Become a bureaucrat, seriously
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Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
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Almost no residents of nyc are from the Midwest. They are either from abroad or the tri-state area.
I am begging the entire klal to go immediately to therapy.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Almost no residents of nyc are from the Midwest. They are either from abroad or the tri-state area.
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2.3% of NYC adults were born in the Midwest (2023 5-year estimates)
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
2.3% of NYC adults were born in the Midwest (2023 5-year estimates)
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"After the federal mass-deportation initiative dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz” hit the shelter, a meeting was held the next day. Black residents affirmed they stood with Latino residents and the raid impacted everyone. Afterward folks were less divided by race..."
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Trump Escalates Tyranny in Chicago
Having a common enemy sometimes unifies people, whether an unhoused Venezuelan migrant in Bronzeville or a mother in a South Shore apartment.
hammerandhope.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"After the federal mass-deportation initiative dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz” hit the shelter, a meeting was held the next day. Black residents affirmed they stood with Latino residents and the raid impacted everyone. Afterward folks were less divided by race..."
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...