Linh Song
@lsong.bsky.social
Former Ann Arbor City Councilmember and Ann Arbor District Library Trustee. Co-chair for Michigan’s Prop 3 for Reproductive Freedom. Proud owner of a kimchi fridge. https://song.foundation/
Delighted to announce the Song Foundation’s grant of $300K in support of RX Kids launching in Ypsilanti. This public-private partnership shows how placed-based philanthropy can be responsive to local needs in a timely manner. Thanks to Dr. Mona and Ypsi’s leaders for showing us how it can be done.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Delighted to announce the Song Foundation’s grant of $300K in support of RX Kids launching in Ypsilanti. This public-private partnership shows how placed-based philanthropy can be responsive to local needs in a timely manner. Thanks to Dr. Mona and Ypsi’s leaders for showing us how it can be done.
This Halloween I dressed up as Maria from “The Sound of Music,” in celebration of the musical’s 60th anniversary and in recognition of antifascism. The video loop projected on our garage was a good reminder of what that actually means. youtu.be/4RFS0SEqPtQ
sound of music halloween loop
YouTube video by Song United
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November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This Halloween I dressed up as Maria from “The Sound of Music,” in celebration of the musical’s 60th anniversary and in recognition of antifascism. The video loop projected on our garage was a good reminder of what that actually means. youtu.be/4RFS0SEqPtQ
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
Helped bring the Housing Innovation Roadtrip to Detroit with a stop for Lebanese manoush in Dearborn on the way back to Ann Arbor. Truly the best of the Midwest.
October 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Helped bring the Housing Innovation Roadtrip to Detroit with a stop for Lebanese manoush in Dearborn on the way back to Ann Arbor. Truly the best of the Midwest.
Wild times in Marquette, where this otherworldly portal leads to the Michigan Land Bank Association’s summit, with Godfather @dan-kildee.bsky.social as the keynote.
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wild times in Marquette, where this otherworldly portal leads to the Michigan Land Bank Association’s summit, with Godfather @dan-kildee.bsky.social as the keynote.
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“Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids and shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”
Canadians @johnlorinc.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social in this Cali article!
Canadians @johnlorinc.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social in this Cali article!
People want to have kids and live downtown. Can they? - Western City Magazine
For decades, planners focused on attracting young singles to dense urban cores. That dynamic has shifted, in part because ...
www.westerncity.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids and shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”
Canadians @johnlorinc.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social in this Cali article!
Canadians @johnlorinc.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social in this Cali article!
AKA partly why 9,000 college graduates leave the state of Michigan on an annual basis.
When the supply of available homes goes down relative to demand, prices increase. This is one of the best established findings in housing policy, and policymakers who don't center this aren't going to fix the housing crisis.
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
AKA partly why 9,000 college graduates leave the state of Michigan on an annual basis.
Truly the best place ever to have cut my teeth as a local elected. Libraries serve the public in so many ways because of course institutions of learning are institutions of DOING. Thank you, @aadl.org!
We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library
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September 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Truly the best place ever to have cut my teeth as a local elected. Libraries serve the public in so many ways because of course institutions of learning are institutions of DOING. Thank you, @aadl.org!
The Song Foundation convenes grantees every other year for what we call, “The Joy Report.” Instead of requiring elaborate reports, we invite grantees to a day of rest, reflection, and sharing with nonprofit leaders. This is what philanthropic partnership can look like with respect and care.
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Song Foundation convenes grantees every other year for what we call, “The Joy Report.” Instead of requiring elaborate reports, we invite grantees to a day of rest, reflection, and sharing with nonprofit leaders. This is what philanthropic partnership can look like with respect and care.
So proud of my friend Paul Fleming’s book! Added it to our office library, a fraction of the thousands of books we have at home. pjfleming.com/imaginebetter
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
So proud of my friend Paul Fleming’s book! Added it to our office library, a fraction of the thousands of books we have at home. pjfleming.com/imaginebetter
Did a thing here in my low-density city of Ann Arbor. Thanks for coming out and hearing me speak to how being neighborly can be anti-racist work, and how when we oppose density we oppose people we should know and care about.
September 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Did a thing here in my low-density city of Ann Arbor. Thanks for coming out and hearing me speak to how being neighborly can be anti-racist work, and how when we oppose density we oppose people we should know and care about.
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation’s annual meeting with attendees telling it like it is, then my first State Land Bank Authority meeting in Lansing with a stop for Hmong sausages and Nepalese momo to bring back to Ann Arbor. Housing, housing, housing.
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation’s annual meeting with attendees telling it like it is, then my first State Land Bank Authority meeting in Lansing with a stop for Hmong sausages and Nepalese momo to bring back to Ann Arbor. Housing, housing, housing.
It was a good day in Detroit with solid policy nerds. So proud to have Abundant Housing Michigan featured as a Changemaker. And Kudos to Anika Goss for speaking to housing challenges tribal nations face in this state. She’s why I’m a Detroit Future City fangirl. And these slides from Up For Growth!🔥
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It was a good day in Detroit with solid policy nerds. So proud to have Abundant Housing Michigan featured as a Changemaker. And Kudos to Anika Goss for speaking to housing challenges tribal nations face in this state. She’s why I’m a Detroit Future City fangirl. And these slides from Up For Growth!🔥
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Important new research on the impact of zoning on the housing market. Minimum lot size requirements have two main effects: they increase housing costs and contribute to racial segregation. This was somewhat known to housing folks, but this paper matters because it uses advanced methods and data
The effects of residential zoning in U.S. housing markets
I construct a new nationwide dataset to measure the stringency of residential zoning in the United States and examine its effects on housing productio…
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September 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Important new research on the impact of zoning on the housing market. Minimum lot size requirements have two main effects: they increase housing costs and contribute to racial segregation. This was somewhat known to housing folks, but this paper matters because it uses advanced methods and data
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The coalition behind Measure ULA just released a report attacking UCLA research on the tax. They’re claiming it “debunks” the research. It doesn’t even come close.
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September 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The coalition behind Measure ULA just released a report attacking UCLA research on the tax. They’re claiming it “debunks” the research. It doesn’t even come close.
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This lie is rampant in Ann Arbor as well, in the most educated city in America. We are the Spider-Man Pointing Meme. #a2council
This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This lie is rampant in Ann Arbor as well, in the most educated city in America. We are the Spider-Man Pointing Meme. #a2council
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The Smithsonian, according to former senior historian and curator David C. Ward, is “the greatest museum in the world.”
That’s why he sees the massive changes sought by the Trump administration as “demoralizing” and “farcical.”
That’s why he sees the massive changes sought by the Trump administration as “demoralizing” and “farcical.”
Trump’s Smithsonian overhaul ‘a bit like censorship,’ former staff warn
The White House announced it would institute a review of Smithsonian museums to ensure they display “historically accurate” information.
www.politico.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Smithsonian, according to former senior historian and curator David C. Ward, is “the greatest museum in the world.”
That’s why he sees the massive changes sought by the Trump administration as “demoralizing” and “farcical.”
That’s why he sees the massive changes sought by the Trump administration as “demoralizing” and “farcical.”
My crush on Durham continues. www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
Durham declares itself a ‘Fourth Amendment Workplace’ amid immigrant fears
In an unanimous vote Tuesday, Durham City Council passed a resolution increasing protections for city workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests.
www.dukechronicle.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My crush on Durham continues. www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
The Abundance Conference’s cast of characters was similar to my 30th high school reunion. Nerds were alright, jocks less so, but we showed up because we have ideas about who we were, who we’ve become, & what the future can be like if we live to our next reunion. Off to NMAAHC to reset and remember.
September 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Abundance Conference’s cast of characters was similar to my 30th high school reunion. Nerds were alright, jocks less so, but we showed up because we have ideas about who we were, who we’ve become, & what the future can be like if we live to our next reunion. Off to NMAAHC to reset and remember.
Sharing how proud I am of #a2council on housing and the heavy lift ahead. Policy nerds unite! Abundance is the way!
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sharing how proud I am of #a2council on housing and the heavy lift ahead. Policy nerds unite! Abundance is the way!
Flint! Foundation visit as we explore more grant investments in the area with philanthropic partners. Totally recommend the fried catfish and spaghetti!
August 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Flint! Foundation visit as we explore more grant investments in the area with philanthropic partners. Totally recommend the fried catfish and spaghetti!
Furthering urban planning dreams without actually getting another graduate degree. I told my kids this means I get to go to even more meetings with the nerdiest of nerds.
August 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Furthering urban planning dreams without actually getting another graduate degree. I told my kids this means I get to go to even more meetings with the nerdiest of nerds.
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One important caveat: Corporations don't own single-family homes in any significant numbers. With the exception of a couple of markets, namely Atlanta and Memphis, the "investors" buying homes to rent are mom-and-pop landlords. It's a fake news problem
I guess I don't see the difference between corporations owning rental single-family homes and corporations owning rental multifamily homes. From a fair housing perspective, more rental opportunities in single-family neighborhoods makes them more accessible to working class households.
This really seems like a “yes, and” situation. There isn’t mutual exclusivity.
We should have more regulations around corporations buying single family homes as an investment and also build a fuck ton more homes
We should have more regulations around corporations buying single family homes as an investment and also build a fuck ton more homes
August 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
One important caveat: Corporations don't own single-family homes in any significant numbers. With the exception of a couple of markets, namely Atlanta and Memphis, the "investors" buying homes to rent are mom-and-pop landlords. It's a fake news problem
I scared the Uber driver when I yelled, “OMG, the towers!” So I biked back and paid my respect to Senakw. Later stopped by Lelem, also built by First Nations, with housing above retail, splash park, grocery, pharmacy, bistro, dentist, and Popeye’s. Housing and fried chicken happiness.
August 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I scared the Uber driver when I yelled, “OMG, the towers!” So I biked back and paid my respect to Senakw. Later stopped by Lelem, also built by First Nations, with housing above retail, splash park, grocery, pharmacy, bistro, dentist, and Popeye’s. Housing and fried chicken happiness.
Vancouver’s downtown library just celebrated its 30th anniversary and is a testament to a city council’s vision. Staff told me it would never be built today. Green roof, performance spaces, retail shops with an updated children’s area coming this year. Inspiration for Ann Arbor. @aadl.org #a2council
August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Vancouver’s downtown library just celebrated its 30th anniversary and is a testament to a city council’s vision. Staff told me it would never be built today. Green roof, performance spaces, retail shops with an updated children’s area coming this year. Inspiration for Ann Arbor. @aadl.org #a2council