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🚨🚨The Senate has passed the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act as part of the NDAA!
This is a historic level of bipartisan cooperation to expand Americans' access to housing.
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social unpack what's in the 310-page bill. ⬇️
This is a historic level of bipartisan cooperation to expand Americans' access to housing.
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social unpack what's in the 310-page bill. ⬇️
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨🚨The Senate has passed the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act as part of the NDAA!
This is a historic level of bipartisan cooperation to expand Americans' access to housing.
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social unpack what's in the 310-page bill. ⬇️
This is a historic level of bipartisan cooperation to expand Americans' access to housing.
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social unpack what's in the 310-page bill. ⬇️
1/ Learning lots about mass timber and prefab construction in a mass timber building in SE DC. The pavilion’s open design provides nice views of the air traffic out of joint base Andrews (c-5 galaxy transport aircraft pictured).
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
1/ Learning lots about mass timber and prefab construction in a mass timber building in SE DC. The pavilion’s open design provides nice views of the air traffic out of joint base Andrews (c-5 galaxy transport aircraft pictured).
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I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk
Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.
www.pew.org/en/research-...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk
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ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong at @yimbytown.bsky.social : on any policy change, 20% of people will be cranky & loud against, 80% are supportive but busy living their lives & don’t speak up. Ignore the 20%. Turn off your social media. Find a compelling emotional hook to engage the silent 80%.
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong at @yimbytown.bsky.social : on any policy change, 20% of people will be cranky & loud against, 80% are supportive but busy living their lives & don’t speak up. Ignore the 20%. Turn off your social media. Find a compelling emotional hook to engage the silent 80%.
“For every five people leaving the trades we only have 1-2 entering,” we need more career and technical education, we need more legal immigration.
- ND Gov Armstrong at #yimbytown
- ND Gov Armstrong at #yimbytown
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“For every five people leaving the trades we only have 1-2 entering,” we need more career and technical education, we need more legal immigration.
- ND Gov Armstrong at #yimbytown
- ND Gov Armstrong at #yimbytown
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America lost 7k construction jobs in August, and overall job growth in the sector is now at its worst pace since the pandemic
Over the last year, the US has lost 31k jobs in residential construction and only gained 78k jobs in nonresidential & civil construction
Over the last year, the US has lost 31k jobs in residential construction and only gained 78k jobs in nonresidential & civil construction
September 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
America lost 7k construction jobs in August, and overall job growth in the sector is now at its worst pace since the pandemic
Over the last year, the US has lost 31k jobs in residential construction and only gained 78k jobs in nonresidential & civil construction
Over the last year, the US has lost 31k jobs in residential construction and only gained 78k jobs in nonresidential & civil construction
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The Senate Banking Committee has advanced the ROAD to Housing Act—a rare, unanimous, bipartisan package tackling America’s housing shortage. 🏘️
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social break down what’s in this 310-page bill
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@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social break down what’s in this 310-page bill
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August 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Senate Banking Committee has advanced the ROAD to Housing Act—a rare, unanimous, bipartisan package tackling America’s housing shortage. 🏘️
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social break down what’s in this 310-page bill
⬇️
@aarmlovi.bsky.social, @awjustus.bsky.social, and @rohanaras.bsky.social break down what’s in this 310-page bill
⬇️
1/ The latest from Factory Seconds,
@lucagattonicelli.bsky.social
drives multiple minivans and discovers that all new cars are not, in fact, good. Most motorists only have chance encounters with unfamiliar vehicles, so many operate with imperfect information when comparing different ones.
@lucagattonicelli.bsky.social
drives multiple minivans and discovers that all new cars are not, in fact, good. Most motorists only have chance encounters with unfamiliar vehicles, so many operate with imperfect information when comparing different ones.
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/ The latest from Factory Seconds,
@lucagattonicelli.bsky.social
drives multiple minivans and discovers that all new cars are not, in fact, good. Most motorists only have chance encounters with unfamiliar vehicles, so many operate with imperfect information when comparing different ones.
@lucagattonicelli.bsky.social
drives multiple minivans and discovers that all new cars are not, in fact, good. Most motorists only have chance encounters with unfamiliar vehicles, so many operate with imperfect information when comparing different ones.
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I have a new piece up (first with @niskanencenter.bsky.social!)
The federal government spends billions of dollars on transit each year. What can the feds do to get more on the dollar? Two things:
- Create an Army Corp for transit projects
- Incentivize legalizing housing near transit
The federal government spends billions of dollars on transit each year. What can the feds do to get more on the dollar? Two things:
- Create an Army Corp for transit projects
- Incentivize legalizing housing near transit
Making federal transit dollars work: Two reforms for better value - Niskanen Center
American transit investments regularly underdeliver compared to the potential of the infrastructure built and the amount of money invested.
www.niskanencenter.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I have a new piece up (first with @niskanencenter.bsky.social!)
The federal government spends billions of dollars on transit each year. What can the feds do to get more on the dollar? Two things:
- Create an Army Corp for transit projects
- Incentivize legalizing housing near transit
The federal government spends billions of dollars on transit each year. What can the feds do to get more on the dollar? Two things:
- Create an Army Corp for transit projects
- Incentivize legalizing housing near transit
1/ Last week I explored current car headlight rules, tech, and how they perform. This week we look at how headlights developed alongside the automobile to bring us where we are today.
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
1/ Last week I explored current car headlight rules, tech, and how they perform. This week we look at how headlights developed alongside the automobile to bring us where we are today.
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1/ Car headlights are brighter than ever, but are they helping us see or blinding us with glare? @gluesenkampperez.house.gov
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
1/ Car headlights are brighter than ever, but are they helping us see or blinding us with glare? @gluesenkampperez.house.gov
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
1/ Car headlights are brighter than ever, but are they helping us see or blinding us with glare? @gluesenkampperez.house.gov
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
1/ Car headlights are brighter than ever, but are they helping us see or blinding us with glare? @gluesenkampperez.house.gov
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
is asking the right questions so let's look into the answers and ask a lighting expert along the way.
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Yeesh.
The Prospective Home Buyer index from NAHB. New cycle low.
(via Kev Gordon) $XHB
The Prospective Home Buyer index from NAHB. New cycle low.
(via Kev Gordon) $XHB
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yeesh.
The Prospective Home Buyer index from NAHB. New cycle low.
(via Kev Gordon) $XHB
The Prospective Home Buyer index from NAHB. New cycle low.
(via Kev Gordon) $XHB
After the Great Recession, we focused a lot on creating jobs and strengthening the economy.
But now places with ample jobs are victims of their own success because housing can't keep up with the job growth! Fortunately, many places are already working on this problem but we have room to grow.
But now places with ample jobs are victims of their own success because housing can't keep up with the job growth! Fortunately, many places are already working on this problem but we have room to grow.
The takeaway: Fighting poverty isn’t just about getting resources to families in need; it’s about lowering the cost of living.
Housing supply is a core piece of our anti-poverty toolkit, just like tax credits and income support. www.niskanencenter.org/housing-poli...
Housing supply is a core piece of our anti-poverty toolkit, just like tax credits and income support. www.niskanencenter.org/housing-poli...
Housing policy and poverty: The case of California - Niskanen Center
Policy strategies that increase housing supply and reduce housing costs should be viewed analogously to anti-poverty strategies that redistribute cash income.
www.niskanencenter.org
July 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After the Great Recession, we focused a lot on creating jobs and strengthening the economy.
But now places with ample jobs are victims of their own success because housing can't keep up with the job growth! Fortunately, many places are already working on this problem but we have room to grow.
But now places with ample jobs are victims of their own success because housing can't keep up with the job growth! Fortunately, many places are already working on this problem but we have room to grow.
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Last week, California passed a landmark law exempting many infill housing developments from CEQA.
Here’s how we can do the same thing on a national level, exempting urban infill housing from NEPA. New report from Aaron Shroyer for @publicenterprise.bsky.social:
Here’s how we can do the same thing on a national level, exempting urban infill housing from NEPA. New report from Aaron Shroyer for @publicenterprise.bsky.social:
July 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Last week, California passed a landmark law exempting many infill housing developments from CEQA.
Here’s how we can do the same thing on a national level, exempting urban infill housing from NEPA. New report from Aaron Shroyer for @publicenterprise.bsky.social:
Here’s how we can do the same thing on a national level, exempting urban infill housing from NEPA. New report from Aaron Shroyer for @publicenterprise.bsky.social:
Does anyone at Transit Cost Proj. want to take this job? Seems like a great opportunity to put policy into practice. @alonlevy.bsky.social, @ndhapple.bsky.social, @egoldwyn.bsky.social
careers.amtrak.com/job/Washingt...
careers.amtrak.com/job/Washingt...
Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington
Dir Financial Planning & Analysis - 90000521 - Washington
careers.amtrak.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Does anyone at Transit Cost Proj. want to take this job? Seems like a great opportunity to put policy into practice. @alonlevy.bsky.social, @ndhapple.bsky.social, @egoldwyn.bsky.social
careers.amtrak.com/job/Washingt...
careers.amtrak.com/job/Washingt...
Detroit files biggest nuisance abatement action in city's history against crypto platform Real Token and their 400+ residential nuisance properties. 1/
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Detroit sues cryptocurrency-based real estate firm to correct hundreds of property violations
Detroit officials said they filed a nuisance abatement lawsuit against two Florida brothers linked to over 400 properties with blight violations.
www.detroitnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Detroit files biggest nuisance abatement action in city's history against crypto platform Real Token and their 400+ residential nuisance properties. 1/
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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Me, earlier this year:
"Abundance offers a useful lens to confront obstacles standing in the way of affordable housing, quality health care and clean energy. But applying its insights to transportation requires considering the kind of infrastructure that gets built, not just the quantity."
"Abundance offers a useful lens to confront obstacles standing in the way of affordable housing, quality health care and clean energy. But applying its insights to transportation requires considering the kind of infrastructure that gets built, not just the quantity."
What Would ‘Transportation Abundance’ Look Like?
Fans of the abundance movement say that adding supply solves big problems in housing and health care. But when it comes to getting around, things get complicated.
www.bloomberg.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Me, earlier this year:
"Abundance offers a useful lens to confront obstacles standing in the way of affordable housing, quality health care and clean energy. But applying its insights to transportation requires considering the kind of infrastructure that gets built, not just the quantity."
"Abundance offers a useful lens to confront obstacles standing in the way of affordable housing, quality health care and clean energy. But applying its insights to transportation requires considering the kind of infrastructure that gets built, not just the quantity."
Good essay on the pickle that is public order discourse and how important it is for public figures to lead by example.
One of the subtly awful things about the racism that always comes up in discussions of urban problems/crime/etc. is that the decent, sincere, non-racist people who care about these matters become uncomfortable talking about them - leaving them to racists thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/so-what-ab...
So What About Eating On The Train?
Why do Americans struggle with public order?
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good essay on the pickle that is public order discourse and how important it is for public figures to lead by example.
Trying out a substack with a focus on cross-silo policy analysis covering the places we live, how we move around, and other topics.
To explain this idea, I outline the roles of specialists and generalists as depicted in Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals.
open.substack.com/pub/awjustus...
To explain this idea, I outline the roles of specialists and generalists as depicted in Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals.
open.substack.com/pub/awjustus...
Factory Seconds
Breaking dwellings, movement, and machines out of their policy silos
open.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trying out a substack with a focus on cross-silo policy analysis covering the places we live, how we move around, and other topics.
To explain this idea, I outline the roles of specialists and generalists as depicted in Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals.
open.substack.com/pub/awjustus...
To explain this idea, I outline the roles of specialists and generalists as depicted in Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals.
open.substack.com/pub/awjustus...
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This is why this bill is even more horrible, it won’t even lead to more housing just fake ranches for the rich.
The ENR bill gets a lot of heat for exactly what federal lands will be sold for housing. But it remains under-scrutinized on its possible housing production elements. Let’s look 1/
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is why this bill is even more horrible, it won’t even lead to more housing just fake ranches for the rich.
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Good thread on the federal land sell-off provisions of the GOP's reconciliation bill:
The ENR bill gets a lot of heat for exactly what federal lands will be sold for housing. But it remains under-scrutinized on its possible housing production elements. Let’s look 1/
June 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good thread on the federal land sell-off provisions of the GOP's reconciliation bill:
The ENR bill gets a lot of heat for exactly what federal lands will be sold for housing. But it remains under-scrutinized on its possible housing production elements. Let’s look 1/
June 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The ENR bill gets a lot of heat for exactly what federal lands will be sold for housing. But it remains under-scrutinized on its possible housing production elements. Let’s look 1/
1/“Once the land is sold, we will never get it back,"
@repryanzinke.bsky.social is right. If we sell fed lands we should have a good reason because we can only pull this lever once. If a place like SLC is all out of ideas for housing with 1/2 the density of Atlanta it is short of that bar.
@repryanzinke.bsky.social is right. If we sell fed lands we should have a good reason because we can only pull this lever once. If a place like SLC is all out of ideas for housing with 1/2 the density of Atlanta it is short of that bar.
June 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
1/“Once the land is sold, we will never get it back,"
@repryanzinke.bsky.social is right. If we sell fed lands we should have a good reason because we can only pull this lever once. If a place like SLC is all out of ideas for housing with 1/2 the density of Atlanta it is short of that bar.
@repryanzinke.bsky.social is right. If we sell fed lands we should have a good reason because we can only pull this lever once. If a place like SLC is all out of ideas for housing with 1/2 the density of Atlanta it is short of that bar.
Happy Father’s Day, may you overcome life’s broken bolts with a combination of the proper tools and good temperament.
www.motortrend.com/how-to/1808-...
www.motortrend.com/how-to/1808-...
Removing broken bolts, studs, and screws
Few things seem more hopeless than when you’re in the process of removing a bolt, screw, or stud and it breaks. At that point, you know it’s all over but the cr
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June 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Happy Father’s Day, may you overcome life’s broken bolts with a combination of the proper tools and good temperament.
www.motortrend.com/how-to/1808-...
www.motortrend.com/how-to/1808-...