Andrea Boykowycz
@bwycz.bsky.social
Languages, books, planet, justice. In no particular order. I'm pretty easy to find.
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I was really frustrated by Pittsburgh's URA in the past -- the landbank didn't produce any new housing for anyone!
Since Mayor Gainey was elected, we've seen a lot of movement from the URA, in addition to the Mayor's other work on affordable housing.
Since Mayor Gainey was elected, we've seen a lot of movement from the URA, in addition to the Mayor's other work on affordable housing.
Pittsburgh launches initiative to protect housing affordability
The mayor said he's trying to counter predatory landlords that he says are destroying Pittsburgh's neighborhoods.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I was really frustrated by Pittsburgh's URA in the past -- the landbank didn't produce any new housing for anyone!
Since Mayor Gainey was elected, we've seen a lot of movement from the URA, in addition to the Mayor's other work on affordable housing.
Since Mayor Gainey was elected, we've seen a lot of movement from the URA, in addition to the Mayor's other work on affordable housing.
this mess with bezos enshittifying the wapo editorial section is just fucking depressing
February 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
this mess with bezos enshittifying the wapo editorial section is just fucking depressing
i picked the wrong week to stop eating nutella out of the jar with a spoon
January 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i picked the wrong week to stop eating nutella out of the jar with a spoon
Feeling this loss particularly
“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.”
Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing.
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Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing.
19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
19thnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Feeling this loss particularly
the benevolent take on this typo is it’s actually some oblique trolling by the nyt and the implication is one of the guests might drive their entree through the heart of the nearest vampire (there are surely more than one at this affair)
January 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
the benevolent take on this typo is it’s actually some oblique trolling by the nyt and the implication is one of the guests might drive their entree through the heart of the nearest vampire (there are surely more than one at this affair)
excellent conversation with Dave Breingan about inclusionary zoning in Pittsburgh - and recent attempts to undermine it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
How Lawrenceville’s Solving Its Affordability Problem
Podcast Episode · City Cast Pittsburgh · 01/15/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
excellent conversation with Dave Breingan about inclusionary zoning in Pittsburgh - and recent attempts to undermine it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
hate directing attention from this site to the x cesspool but this whole thread from Lawrenceville United: x.com/lvilleunited...
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January 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
hate directing attention from this site to the x cesspool but this whole thread from Lawrenceville United: x.com/lvilleunited...
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I’m immensely proud of @barb4pgh.bsky.social and @debgrosspgh.bsky.social for stepping up and pushing back against another harmful pro-developer bill being shopped around as a solution to a housing affordability crisis.
Bob Charland’s IZ bill would codify discrimination. He want to let neighborhoods decide whether they should have IZ. That translates to letting neighborhoods decide whether to welcome more low income residents. We need economic integration, not segregation.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Pittsburgh City Council debates affordable housing proposal
Pittsburgh City Council members exchanged sharp criticism Wednesday over controversial proposed changes to a zoning policy meant to encourage affordable housing. And after two hours of debate, the onl...
www.wesa.fm
December 12, 2024 at 2:19 PM
I’m immensely proud of @barb4pgh.bsky.social and @debgrosspgh.bsky.social for stepping up and pushing back against another harmful pro-developer bill being shopped around as a solution to a housing affordability crisis.
It’s unclear to me why, if the intent is to counter the expansion of inclusionary zoning citywide, there’s such urgency to break existing IZ code right now - unless the goal is really to get certain developers exempted from the requirements for projects already in the works.
The last-minute amendments, and the amendment to the amendments, during this meeting suggest that this bill could have been more carefully and collaboratively composed
Pittsburgh City Council debates affordable housing proposal
Pittsburgh City Council members exchanged sharp criticism Wednesday over controversial proposed changes to a zoning policy meant to encourage affordable housing. And after two hours of debate, the onl...
www.wesa.fm
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 PM
It’s unclear to me why, if the intent is to counter the expansion of inclusionary zoning citywide, there’s such urgency to break existing IZ code right now - unless the goal is really to get certain developers exempted from the requirements for projects already in the works.