Daniel Werwath
@danielwerwath.bsky.social
Santa Fe, New Mexico | Making housing more affordable | Fighting vibes-based approaches to public policy
Quick rundown on the $100m in housing funding coming in the House budget bill.
Housing Funding in the 2026 New Mexico Legislative Session
If we can't get structural change, I guess we'll settle for $100 million
danielwerwath.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Quick rundown on the $100m in housing funding coming in the House budget bill.
Big moves: New Mexico bans public contracts for ICE detention and prohibits local law enforcement from entering into formal partnerships with ICE. sourcenm.com/briefs/new-m...
New Mexico Senate sends Immigrant Safety Act to governor for signature • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Senate on Feb. 3, 2026, passed the Immigrant Safety Act banning contracts for federal immigration detention.
sourcenm.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Big moves: New Mexico bans public contracts for ICE detention and prohibits local law enforcement from entering into formal partnerships with ICE. sourcenm.com/briefs/new-m...
I can’t tell who I hate more fascists or pedophiles. Oh wait 🤔
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I can’t tell who I hate more fascists or pedophiles. Oh wait 🤔
expect to see the NIMBY’s greet this with at least the same hostility they would a new apartment project in their neighborhood
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
expect to see the NIMBY’s greet this with at least the same hostility they would a new apartment project in their neighborhood
“If we don't take action now
We settle for nothing later
Settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later”
RATM hitting differently lately
We settle for nothing later
Settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later”
RATM hitting differently lately
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 AM
“If we don't take action now
We settle for nothing later
Settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later”
RATM hitting differently lately
We settle for nothing later
Settle for nothing now
And we'll settle for nothing later”
RATM hitting differently lately
Covid- “housing is health care”
Fashy times- “housing keeps you from being disappeared“
Fashy times- “housing keeps you from being disappeared“
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Covid- “housing is health care”
Fashy times- “housing keeps you from being disappeared“
Fashy times- “housing keeps you from being disappeared“
did a quick post on some highlight for New Mexico State housing legislation. danielwerwath.substack.com/p/housing-bi...
Housing Bills- 2026 New Mexico Legislative Session
Housing bill tracker spreadsheet and upcoming hearings
danielwerwath.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 PM
did a quick post on some highlight for New Mexico State housing legislation. danielwerwath.substack.com/p/housing-bi...
I've created a spreadsheet to track housing bills in the New Mexico legislature this session. I'll do my best to update regularly.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2026 Legislative Tracker .xlsx
docs.google.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I've created a spreadsheet to track housing bills in the New Mexico legislature this session. I'll do my best to update regularly.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
New Mexico House Finance Committee will have its main hearing on housing funding this afternoon at 1:30 today. Zoom link in comments.
www.nmlegis.gov
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
New Mexico House Finance Committee will have its main hearing on housing funding this afternoon at 1:30 today. Zoom link in comments.
The Governor has some (let’s politely call them) unconventional ideas about homelessness. This is at the core of them- a preoccupation with high acuity chronic homelessness, and a belief that our inability to commit chronic homeless with behavioral issue is what’s driving the problem. (1)
Senate committee approves bill to expand involuntary mental health treatment
The governor said the current system "confuses compassion with neglect." Opponents say the changes violate the rights of people with disabilities.
www.santafenewmexican.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The Governor has some (let’s politely call them) unconventional ideas about homelessness. This is at the core of them- a preoccupation with high acuity chronic homelessness, and a belief that our inability to commit chronic homeless with behavioral issue is what’s driving the problem. (1)
This would be a big step away from our current vibes-based approach to housing
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/busines...
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/busines...
Bill would require New Mexico cities to report building permit processing times
A Homewise Inc. official says the measure would celebrate local government successes, but others say it would shame cities with long delays.
www.santafenewmexican.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 AM
This would be a big step away from our current vibes-based approach to housing
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/busines...
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/busines...
Maine should secede and join Denmark
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Maine should secede and join Denmark
what will it take to get politicians off demand-side housing interventions. literally throwing fuel on the affordability fire.
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
Trump Plan Would Let Americans Use 401(k)s for Down Payments on Homes, Official Says
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
what will it take to get politicians off demand-side housing interventions. literally throwing fuel on the affordability fire.
When ICE goes down, can it please take with it:
-Militarization of domestic police forces
-the Tac-Bro LARPER clothing aesthetic
-HD mall cruiser trucks on 22’s with lifts and straight pipes
Thank you
-Militarization of domestic police forces
-the Tac-Bro LARPER clothing aesthetic
-HD mall cruiser trucks on 22’s with lifts and straight pipes
Thank you
January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
When ICE goes down, can it please take with it:
-Militarization of domestic police forces
-the Tac-Bro LARPER clothing aesthetic
-HD mall cruiser trucks on 22’s with lifts and straight pipes
Thank you
-Militarization of domestic police forces
-the Tac-Bro LARPER clothing aesthetic
-HD mall cruiser trucks on 22’s with lifts and straight pipes
Thank you
Four days from the start of the 2026 New Mexico Legislative Session and I'm tracking 25 housing bills and funding proposals. As of today, only one has been profiled. Stay tuned for blog posts and a live stream on housing policy starting Monday the 26th with Stephanie Nakhleh on her substack
We Can Have Nice Things | Stephanie Nakhleh | Substack
Stephanie Nakhleh is a journalist from Los Alamos covering how policy shapes daily life. She writes about systems, housing, and local government—and what it takes to build a future that works better f...
stephnakhleh.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Four days from the start of the 2026 New Mexico Legislative Session and I'm tracking 25 housing bills and funding proposals. As of today, only one has been profiled. Stay tuned for blog posts and a live stream on housing policy starting Monday the 26th with Stephanie Nakhleh on her substack
I’ll see you at Abolish ICE and raise you- Demilitarize ALL Domestic Police Forces
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I’ll see you at Abolish ICE and raise you- Demilitarize ALL Domestic Police Forces
It’s all land use.
Just an annoying reminder that the unquenchable American thirst for oil, and the conquest and subjugation of other nations in futile attempts to satiate it, is brought to you in large part by our land-use patterns
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It’s all land use.
Not all hero’s wear capes
When the year began, we penciled into our publication calendar the idea to finish 2025 by naming a Portlander of the Year. By the end of autumn, it was clear that this figure wasn’t really a person at all. It was a concept. It was a frog.
Portlander of the Year: The Frog
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Not all hero’s wear capes
people’s singular anecdotal takes on homelessness and housing issues really make me feel like my head is going to actually explode
December 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
people’s singular anecdotal takes on homelessness and housing issues really make me feel like my head is going to actually explode
What started as an unusual letter from the DoD over a year ago, now means more affordable housing and homelessness infrastructure in Silver City www.ktsm.com/local/el-pas...
www.ktsm.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What started as an unusual letter from the DoD over a year ago, now means more affordable housing and homelessness infrastructure in Silver City www.ktsm.com/local/el-pas...
LFG New Mexico! Who’s going to try it, oh wait this is illegal under nearly all zoning in the state because of parking, wah wah
In Portland, they're putting six 850 sf townhome units with no parking on 50'x100' lots
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
LFG New Mexico! Who’s going to try it, oh wait this is illegal under nearly all zoning in the state because of parking, wah wah
Seriously Heinrich? WTAF
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Seriously Heinrich? WTAF
Reposted by Daniel Werwath
As-of-right zoning for housing people, discretionary approvals for housing cars
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As-of-right zoning for housing people, discretionary approvals for housing cars
Totally game for when the wealthiest country in the history of he world finally decides we don’t want to let people die slowly on the streets anymore
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Totally game for when the wealthiest country in the history of he world finally decides we don’t want to let people die slowly on the streets anymore
I get shouted at online for offering that nuclear energy is more complex than people let on, especially in the “abundance” circles. And while I know it has to be at least part of our approach to ghg’s, my lord how we gloss over the ugliness of where the fuel comes from and where it goes after
Two New Mexico agencies announced they have taken early steps to remediate four long-abandoned, potentially dangerous uranium mines, marking the state’s first foray into a problem experts have said is of potentially “infinite” scope and cost.
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New Mexico begins cleanup on four abandoned uranium mines • Source New Mexico
The four abandoned mines are among an estimated 1,100 that dot the landscape in New Mexico, including about 500 on or near the Navajo Nation.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I get shouted at online for offering that nuclear energy is more complex than people let on, especially in the “abundance” circles. And while I know it has to be at least part of our approach to ghg’s, my lord how we gloss over the ugliness of where the fuel comes from and where it goes after