Emily Hamilton
@ebwhamilton.bsky.social
Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
I recently rewatched the Wolf of Wall Street and holy cow... it's 180 minutes! Who has the time?? And it would have been funnier if it was cut by at least a third imo
We watched — and enjoyed — del Toro’s “Frankenstein” last night. But I’m not sure that it does enough to justify a runtime longer than James Whale’s 1931 adaptation and sequel combined.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I recently rewatched the Wolf of Wall Street and holy cow... it's 180 minutes! Who has the time?? And it would have been funnier if it was cut by at least a third imo
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The Fed must set different interest rates in Spokane
Spokane has been killing it with housing reforms:
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Fed must set different interest rates in Spokane
"We’ve lived all our lives in the Great World 2 Afterparty, and now that party is over." www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-great-...
The Great World War 2 Afterparty is over
Our ancestors bought us eighty years of peace, institutional effectiveness, and moral clarity. But nothing lasts forever.
www.noahpinion.blog
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"We’ve lived all our lives in the Great World 2 Afterparty, and now that party is over." www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-great-...
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One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
One way to reduce condo defect liability: stop forcing architects to design buildings that leak. HCD’s “objective design standards” guide *encourages* making building envelopes more complex, heightening leak and therefore defect lawsuit risk cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Ap...
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Pattern language
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Pattern language
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Must-read think piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social on the connection intersection of housing and family formation.
"To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder"
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
"To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder"
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder
The cost of housing is one big barrier to family formation. But simply building more single family homes isn't the answer.
www.governing.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Must-read think piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social on the connection intersection of housing and family formation.
"To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder"
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
"To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder"
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
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In the 2000s, a proto-YIMBY bill would have prevented Texas localities from mandating HOAs in new subdivisions.
From Beyond Privateopia
From Beyond Privateopia
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In the 2000s, a proto-YIMBY bill would have prevented Texas localities from mandating HOAs in new subdivisions.
From Beyond Privateopia
From Beyond Privateopia
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Kind of unexpected chart from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social: In the US, the ratio of 3 and 4-bedroom housing units to households has actually grown quite a bit in the fast few decades! You hear a lot about a shortage of family housing, but this suggests the opposite?
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Kind of unexpected chart from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social: In the US, the ratio of 3 and 4-bedroom housing units to households has actually grown quite a bit in the fast few decades! You hear a lot about a shortage of family housing, but this suggests the opposite?
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
Thanks Bobby! I'm sure there are neighborhoods where your approach is badly needed and Baby Maybe units make more sense than the marginal studio/one-bedroom.
I agree w Emily there needs to be more housing for incremental life stages. I have 0 disagreements w her policy recommendations
My emphasis for "family" housing (as a developer) is on building Baby Maybe units rather than Studios, bc I think they are under supplied relative to demand
I'll explain🔽
My emphasis for "family" housing (as a developer) is on building Baby Maybe units rather than Studios, bc I think they are under supplied relative to demand
I'll explain🔽
Pro-housing voices from the right of center are increasingly focused on a "we need housing For Families" framing.
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thanks Bobby! I'm sure there are neighborhoods where your approach is badly needed and Baby Maybe units make more sense than the marginal studio/one-bedroom.
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I agree w Emily there needs to be more housing for incremental life stages. I have 0 disagreements w her policy recommendations
My emphasis for "family" housing (as a developer) is on building Baby Maybe units rather than Studios, bc I think they are under supplied relative to demand
I'll explain🔽
My emphasis for "family" housing (as a developer) is on building Baby Maybe units rather than Studios, bc I think they are under supplied relative to demand
I'll explain🔽
Pro-housing voices from the right of center are increasingly focused on a "we need housing For Families" framing.
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder
The cost of housing is one big barrier to family formation. But simply building more single family homes isn't the answer.
www.governing.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I agree w Emily there needs to be more housing for incremental life stages. I have 0 disagreements w her policy recommendations
My emphasis for "family" housing (as a developer) is on building Baby Maybe units rather than Studios, bc I think they are under supplied relative to demand
I'll explain🔽
My emphasis for "family" housing (as a developer) is on building Baby Maybe units rather than Studios, bc I think they are under supplied relative to demand
I'll explain🔽
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This is another excellent piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social. I don't think I would've predicted how much we are overbuilding large bedroom housing to smaller housing even as household size shift and everyone complains "we don't need more luxury studios." It does in fact look like we need more.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is another excellent piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social. I don't think I would've predicted how much we are overbuilding large bedroom housing to smaller housing even as household size shift and everyone complains "we don't need more luxury studios." It does in fact look like we need more.
Pro-housing voices from the right of center are increasingly focused on a "we need housing For Families" framing.
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
To Support Families, Repair the Housing Ladder
The cost of housing is one big barrier to family formation. But simply building more single family homes isn't the answer.
www.governing.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Pro-housing voices from the right of center are increasingly focused on a "we need housing For Families" framing.
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
In a new column I explain why broad-based liberalization, especially for inexpensive types of housing, is important for helping people start families: www.governing.com/urban/to-sup...
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American zoning law, and downzoning
Thanks to Jason Sorens for reviewing @charlescgardner.bsky.social’s and my new law review article on protections against downzoning: jasonsorens.substack.com/p/regulatory...
Regulatory Takings Compensation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Again)?
My review of the new Hamilton & Gardner paper on state laws in Arizona, Florida, and Oregon
jasonsorens.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
American zoning law, and downzoning
Thanks to Jason Sorens for reviewing @charlescgardner.bsky.social’s and my new law review article on protections against downzoning: jasonsorens.substack.com/p/regulatory...
Regulatory Takings Compensation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Again)?
My review of the new Hamilton & Gardner paper on state laws in Arizona, Florida, and Oregon
jasonsorens.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thanks to Jason Sorens for reviewing @charlescgardner.bsky.social’s and my new law review article on protections against downzoning: jasonsorens.substack.com/p/regulatory...
I totally agree many museums are way too big and have way too much stuff. I like a small, tightly-focused museum where you can go, see most of what’s on display, and really learn something. DC’s Museum of Women in the Arts is a good example open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
Break up the big museums
Don’t rob the Louvre but we should redistribute the world’s art.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I totally agree many museums are way too big and have way too much stuff. I like a small, tightly-focused museum where you can go, see most of what’s on display, and really learn something. DC’s Museum of Women in the Arts is a good example open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
You know baseball season has been going on for too long when your 1.5 year old yells “more baseball song” all day to hear Seven Nation Army on repeat
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You know baseball season has been going on for too long when your 1.5 year old yells “more baseball song” all day to hear Seven Nation Army on repeat
It’s always interesting to me that this nazi aesthetic had a little moment in post-WWII DC
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It’s always interesting to me that this nazi aesthetic had a little moment in post-WWII DC
I have the trick or treater most likely to fret about the safety of new multifamily housing on a video call while driving a car
October 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I have the trick or treater most likely to fret about the safety of new multifamily housing on a video call while driving a car
It’s kind of wild how retailers can offer free shipping left and right, but it’s exorbitantly expensive to mail a box house to house
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s kind of wild how retailers can offer free shipping left and right, but it’s exorbitantly expensive to mail a box house to house
Such a happy example of people practicing evidence-backed living: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Such a happy example of people practicing evidence-backed living: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
I have recently heard/read several people describing the International Code Council's process for adopting model building codes a "consensus process."
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I have recently heard/read several people describing the International Code Council's process for adopting model building codes a "consensus process."
I'm about to talk with a state legislator who was born in this millennium, and I was just called ma'am by an intern. All signs are pointing to retirement time?
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm about to talk with a state legislator who was born in this millennium, and I was just called ma'am by an intern. All signs are pointing to retirement time?
