ratnika
@ratnika.bsky.social
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“This [Affordable Communities Act] bill is about making sure housing decisions are driven by the needs of communities as a whole, not just the preferences of a few local politicians.” - SAEZ founder Eshan
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“This [Affordable Communities Act] bill is about making sure housing decisions are driven by the needs of communities as a whole, not just the preferences of a few local politicians.” - SAEZ founder Eshan
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“In 2020, Minneapolis introduced legislation that allowed the construction of multi-family housing within areas previously zoned exclusively for single-family. As a result, from 2017 to 2022, housing stock increased by 12% while rents only grew by 1%, compared to a 30% increase in rent nationwide.”
March 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“In 2020, Minneapolis introduced legislation that allowed the construction of multi-family housing within areas previously zoned exclusively for single-family. As a result, from 2017 to 2022, housing stock increased by 12% while rents only grew by 1%, compared to a 30% increase in rent nationwide.”
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Great article highlighting the work that the Illinois Homes for All Coalition is doing to tackle our housing and climate crises. 🏘️
thegateuchicago.com/2025/03/20/u...
thegateuchicago.com/2025/03/20/u...
UChicago Students Rally for Illinois Zoning Reform
Illinois is grappling with a web of crises, from the shortage of affordable housing to escalating threats from climate change to the high cost of living. But one student-led group on UChicago’s cam…
thegateuchicago.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Great article highlighting the work that the Illinois Homes for All Coalition is doing to tackle our housing and climate crises. 🏘️
thegateuchicago.com/2025/03/20/u...
thegateuchicago.com/2025/03/20/u...
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We know 💅
March 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We know 💅
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AHIL member Aiden caught up with AHIL-endorsed mayoral candidate Daniel Biss to learn about his vision for Evanston's future!
Housing abundance 🏘️
Housing affordability 😌
Sustainability 🌳
Revitalized downtown 🛍️
Reduced property tax burden 💰
Evanston's election is April 1st. Don't forget to vote!
Housing abundance 🏘️
Housing affordability 😌
Sustainability 🌳
Revitalized downtown 🛍️
Reduced property tax burden 💰
Evanston's election is April 1st. Don't forget to vote!
March 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
AHIL member Aiden caught up with AHIL-endorsed mayoral candidate Daniel Biss to learn about his vision for Evanston's future!
Housing abundance 🏘️
Housing affordability 😌
Sustainability 🌳
Revitalized downtown 🛍️
Reduced property tax burden 💰
Evanston's election is April 1st. Don't forget to vote!
Housing abundance 🏘️
Housing affordability 😌
Sustainability 🌳
Revitalized downtown 🛍️
Reduced property tax burden 💰
Evanston's election is April 1st. Don't forget to vote!
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Abundant Housing Illinois is proud to announce its endorsement of Daniel Biss for Mayor of Evanston!
Daniel has consistently fought to end exclusionary zoning, build abundant housing, eliminate burdensome parking requirements, and support safe street initiatives. 🏘️🚲🌳
Daniel has consistently fought to end exclusionary zoning, build abundant housing, eliminate burdensome parking requirements, and support safe street initiatives. 🏘️🚲🌳
March 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Abundant Housing Illinois is proud to announce its endorsement of Daniel Biss for Mayor of Evanston!
Daniel has consistently fought to end exclusionary zoning, build abundant housing, eliminate burdensome parking requirements, and support safe street initiatives. 🏘️🚲🌳
Daniel has consistently fought to end exclusionary zoning, build abundant housing, eliminate burdensome parking requirements, and support safe street initiatives. 🏘️🚲🌳
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44 homes are proposed for the vacant lots surrounding this two-flat on Warren Blvd 🏘️
March 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
44 homes are proposed for the vacant lots surrounding this two-flat on Warren Blvd 🏘️
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We have a new letter campaign! Support 50 new homes in Irving Park today! 🏘️ actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
Support 50 new homes in Irving Park!
50 new homes in Irving Park need your support. Please send a letter today.
actionnetwork.org
March 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We have a new letter campaign! Support 50 new homes in Irving Park today! 🏘️ actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
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This deed-restricted affordable ADU is currently illegal to build in almost all residential neighborhoods in Illinois. Write to Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch and tell them you want to see housing options like this legalized statewide! 🏘️
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
March 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This deed-restricted affordable ADU is currently illegal to build in almost all residential neighborhoods in Illinois. Write to Chair Jimenez and Speaker Welch and tell them you want to see housing options like this legalized statewide! 🏘️
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...
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Please tap this link ASAP. This is a huge deal to me.
I live in a coach house (picture not mine, but similar) that is needlessly illegal to build now. It fits my 3 roommates and I for a reasonable price in a walkable neighborhood. It’s great, but OUTLAWED!
These bills would fix that statewide.
I live in a coach house (picture not mine, but similar) that is needlessly illegal to build now. It fits my 3 roommates and I for a reasonable price in a walkable neighborhood. It’s great, but OUTLAWED!
These bills would fix that statewide.
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Please tap this link ASAP. This is a huge deal to me.
I live in a coach house (picture not mine, but similar) that is needlessly illegal to build now. It fits my 3 roommates and I for a reasonable price in a walkable neighborhood. It’s great, but OUTLAWED!
These bills would fix that statewide.
I live in a coach house (picture not mine, but similar) that is needlessly illegal to build now. It fits my 3 roommates and I for a reasonable price in a walkable neighborhood. It’s great, but OUTLAWED!
These bills would fix that statewide.
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ACTION ALERT
The People Over Parking Act has been assigned to the house Executive Committee for a hearing TODAY.
Please sign a “proponent” witness slip. For “Firm/Business” I put “Abundant Housing Illinois”
my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/...
The People Over Parking Act has been assigned to the house Executive Committee for a hearing TODAY.
Please sign a “proponent” witness slip. For “Firm/Business” I put “Abundant Housing Illinois”
my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/...
March 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
ACTION ALERT
The People Over Parking Act has been assigned to the house Executive Committee for a hearing TODAY.
Please sign a “proponent” witness slip. For “Firm/Business” I put “Abundant Housing Illinois”
my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/...
The People Over Parking Act has been assigned to the house Executive Committee for a hearing TODAY.
Please sign a “proponent” witness slip. For “Firm/Business” I put “Abundant Housing Illinois”
my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/...
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A Burger King turns into 31 family-sized homes in Chicago.
March 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A Burger King turns into 31 family-sized homes in Chicago.
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We’re glad to see the Tribune Editorial Board endorse Daniel Biss for Mayor of Evanston.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/e...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/e...
Editorial: For mayor of Evanston, the Tribune Editorial Board endorses Daniel Biss
Tribune gives endorsement to Daniel Biss for another term as Evanston mayor.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We’re glad to see the Tribune Editorial Board endorse Daniel Biss for Mayor of Evanston.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/e...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/e...
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sign up for the @abundanthousingil.bsky.social newsletter.
it comes out monthly to advertise our happy hour and other events
+ it highlights of how our members have contributed to efforts to get more housing legalized
+ we sometimes have calls to action
abundanthousingillinois.org
it comes out monthly to advertise our happy hour and other events
+ it highlights of how our members have contributed to efforts to get more housing legalized
+ we sometimes have calls to action
abundanthousingillinois.org
March 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
sign up for the @abundanthousingil.bsky.social newsletter.
it comes out monthly to advertise our happy hour and other events
+ it highlights of how our members have contributed to efforts to get more housing legalized
+ we sometimes have calls to action
abundanthousingillinois.org
it comes out monthly to advertise our happy hour and other events
+ it highlights of how our members have contributed to efforts to get more housing legalized
+ we sometimes have calls to action
abundanthousingillinois.org
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let's learn about the five Illinois House bills that will allow more housing to be built across the state
Springfield’s solutions for the shortage of housing in Illinois
Recognizing a housing shortage across Illinois, state legislators have introduced several bills in the General Assembly.
blog.chicagocityscape.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
let's learn about the five Illinois House bills that will allow more housing to be built across the state
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Awesome to see @adanisanchez.bsky.social in CapFax this morning!
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social @parkingreform.org
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social @parkingreform.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Awesome to see @adanisanchez.bsky.social in CapFax this morning!
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social @parkingreform.org
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social @parkingreform.org
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Big turnout at tonight’s community meeting to discuss the 197 homes proposed at 23 S Sangamon in West Loop!
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Big turnout at tonight’s community meeting to discuss the 197 homes proposed at 23 S Sangamon in West Loop!
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Lakeview is one of Chicago’s densest neighborhoods. But it still has too many blocks where it is illegal to build anything other than a detached single family home.
See those bright green areas on the west side? That’s where new apartment buildings are banned.
See those bright green areas on the west side? That’s where new apartment buildings are banned.
March 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lakeview is one of Chicago’s densest neighborhoods. But it still has too many blocks where it is illegal to build anything other than a detached single family home.
See those bright green areas on the west side? That’s where new apartment buildings are banned.
See those bright green areas on the west side? That’s where new apartment buildings are banned.
Let's legalize small pop up businesses across the city, so that we can all get abundant access to vegan paczkis
Picking up paczki from a vegan bakery in an alley, as is traditional.
March 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Let's legalize small pop up businesses across the city, so that we can all get abundant access to vegan paczkis
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“The new building would incorporate a “bird friendly” design and would use heat pumps, induction stoves and related appliances to “electrify” the infrastructure.” 😍⚡️
blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/03/d...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/03/d...
Developer Plans 5-Story Apartment Building In Irving Park, Replacing 5 Kedzie Avenue Storefronts
Neighbors have until Thursday to submit feedback to Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez’s office on the proposal for the 50-unit building.
blockclubchicago.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“The new building would incorporate a “bird friendly” design and would use heat pumps, induction stoves and related appliances to “electrify” the infrastructure.” 😍⚡️
blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/03/d...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/03/d...
It's sad how fearful some people can be. This website represents the worst of us, not the kind of abundant hopeful vision for the future that humanity needs. www.saveedgewater.com
Save Edgewater
www.saveedgewater.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's sad how fearful some people can be. This website represents the worst of us, not the kind of abundant hopeful vision for the future that humanity needs. www.saveedgewater.com
By breaking through the cartel control that landlords have over a limited housing supply in Cambridge, @burhanazeem.bsky.social and @abettercambmaiepac.bsky.social have advanced one of the most inclusive, pro-people and pro-poor measures MA could possibly take. Incredible work.
Cambridge showing what it means to move the needle in housing supply: "Whereas the city previously guessed it would build 350 net units by 2040, now it’s estimating 4,880 units, the majority of which made possible by the new neighborhood-level reforms." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold
By freeing apartment developers to build up to four stories across the city, the hometown of Harvard and MIT has set a new benchmark for the housing movement.
www.bloomberg.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
By breaking through the cartel control that landlords have over a limited housing supply in Cambridge, @burhanazeem.bsky.social and @abettercambmaiepac.bsky.social have advanced one of the most inclusive, pro-people and pro-poor measures MA could possibly take. Incredible work.
Can't wait until we legalize 4-flats by right across Chicago www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold
By making buildings up to four floors legal by right across the city, the hometown of Harvard and MIT has set a new benchmark for the abundant housing movement.
www.bloomberg.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can't wait until we legalize 4-flats by right across Chicago www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Vibes based policy making is the route cause of a lot of actual (and not perceived) government inefficiency.
YIMBYism is wild because you start to ask questions like “why was single family zoning created?” and “are our regulations for building safety based on any actual safety data?” and soon realize that ~85% of the rules governing our cities are based on nothing but tradition and vibes.
We went through this with zoning, and now we're going through it with building code: trillion dollar industries depend on these things, yet a bunch of precocious bloggers can swoop in and expose these institutions as full of pseudoscience. Does nobody do their job? @aarmlovi.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Vibes based policy making is the route cause of a lot of actual (and not perceived) government inefficiency.
Real talk - you can advocate for your city to pass laws exempting housing/shelters for victims from community input meetings that make it slower and more expensive to build these.
What can South Siders do to help domestic violence victims? Neighbors are uniting after 2 moms were murdered. buff.ly/hmjz9pu
March 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Real talk - you can advocate for your city to pass laws exempting housing/shelters for victims from community input meetings that make it slower and more expensive to build these.