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A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
Utah's statewide trail network is ambitious and exciting, and it shows that good bike infrastructure is not 'liberal' or 'conservative,' but human. We are all better off when we can get out of our cars and enjoy the natural world safely.
Utah rolls forward on statewide freeway system for bikes. Here’s where the trails would go.
Utah plans to build a statewide network of paved trails that will act like an interstate system for bikes.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Utah's statewide trail network is ambitious and exciting, and it shows that good bike infrastructure is not 'liberal' or 'conservative,' but human. We are all better off when we can get out of our cars and enjoy the natural world safely.
This was a big election for housing, with wins all over the state. Here in Louisville, we defeated anti-housing ballot measures by a decisive margin.
The future of our city is at stake. We must take bold actions to create more affordable housing and protect our vibrant community.
The future of our city is at stake. We must take bold actions to create more affordable housing and protect our vibrant community.
Colorado pro-housing advocates win big in 2025 local elections
Voters across the Front Range chose pro-housing city council members and defeated anti-growth ballot measures.
housingforwardco.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This was a big election for housing, with wins all over the state. Here in Louisville, we defeated anti-housing ballot measures by a decisive margin.
The future of our city is at stake. We must take bold actions to create more affordable housing and protect our vibrant community.
The future of our city is at stake. We must take bold actions to create more affordable housing and protect our vibrant community.
We've been talking a lot about deed-restricted affordable housing lately, but this article makes an important point: a few units of 'affordable housing' that we ration out doesn't solve housing affordability. It's an important part, but we need more homes across the board to alleviate the shortage.
The Hidden Cost of ‘Affordable Housing’
What happens when liberal cities try to circumvent the market
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We've been talking a lot about deed-restricted affordable housing lately, but this article makes an important point: a few units of 'affordable housing' that we ration out doesn't solve housing affordability. It's an important part, but we need more homes across the board to alleviate the shortage.
Must watch video from Justine Underhill: "Why Everything Is So Freaking Expensive"
Housing prices have shot up from decades of regulatory capture and vetoes by incumbents. You might be asking, 'what can we do about it?' Watch the whole thing & join our movement to fight back.
youtu.be/_MPE3gIg-nU
Housing prices have shot up from decades of regulatory capture and vetoes by incumbents. You might be asking, 'what can we do about it?' Watch the whole thing & join our movement to fight back.
youtu.be/_MPE3gIg-nU
Why Everything Is So Freaking Expensive
03:55 History of the Shackled State
13:35 The Captured Economy
22:53 Can We Do Better?
America used to be a nation that built—fast. We built the Empire State Building in under two years and 70 miles…
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November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Must watch video from Justine Underhill: "Why Everything Is So Freaking Expensive"
Housing prices have shot up from decades of regulatory capture and vetoes by incumbents. You might be asking, 'what can we do about it?' Watch the whole thing & join our movement to fight back.
youtu.be/_MPE3gIg-nU
Housing prices have shot up from decades of regulatory capture and vetoes by incumbents. You might be asking, 'what can we do about it?' Watch the whole thing & join our movement to fight back.
youtu.be/_MPE3gIg-nU
Landlords love this one simple trick to charge high prices: stop construction of new homes.
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Landlords love this one simple trick to charge high prices: stop construction of new homes.
The voices of exclusion are using the language of the oppressed as they work to prevent new homes and prevent new residents from moving to our city. Our City Council represents us, the members of the city who want to make room for our kids' teachers, our nurses, and our seniors.
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The voices of exclusion are using the language of the oppressed as they work to prevent new homes and prevent new residents from moving to our city. Our City Council represents us, the members of the city who want to make room for our kids' teachers, our nurses, and our seniors.
Congratulations to California on passing SB79! Housing 🫶 Transit belong together
SB79: Newsom signs bill to build more housing near transit
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed several housing bills into law that are intended to streamline the building of new dwellings and tackle the state’s housing crisis. Among the bil…
ktla.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Congratulations to California on passing SB79! Housing 🫶 Transit belong together
The 'yes on 300/301' argument, as explained by Joe.
This doesn't represent how most residents of Louisville feel or the kind of city we want to live in. Vote NO on 300/301 so we can create a more inclusive, affordable city.
This doesn't represent how most residents of Louisville feel or the kind of city we want to live in. Vote NO on 300/301 so we can create a more inclusive, affordable city.
October 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The 'yes on 300/301' argument, as explained by Joe.
This doesn't represent how most residents of Louisville feel or the kind of city we want to live in. Vote NO on 300/301 so we can create a more inclusive, affordable city.
This doesn't represent how most residents of Louisville feel or the kind of city we want to live in. Vote NO on 300/301 so we can create a more inclusive, affordable city.
This is huge. Parking minimums add high costs to construction and perpetuate car dependence.
This doesn't prohibit parking, it just means the builder can choose how much they create. Some locations don't need it, or need as much. Some homeowners would rather use the space for other things.
This doesn't prohibit parking, it just means the builder can choose how much they create. Some locations don't need it, or need as much. Some homeowners would rather use the space for other things.
September 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is huge. Parking minimums add high costs to construction and perpetuate car dependence.
This doesn't prohibit parking, it just means the builder can choose how much they create. Some locations don't need it, or need as much. Some homeowners would rather use the space for other things.
This doesn't prohibit parking, it just means the builder can choose how much they create. Some locations don't need it, or need as much. Some homeowners would rather use the space for other things.
Portland shows how it’s done
“The new homes aren’t just more numerous—they’re also more affordable.
According to sales data analyzed in the report, newly built middle housing sold for $250,000 to $300,000 less on average than newly built single-detached homes.”
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
“The new homes aren’t just more numerous—they’re also more affordable.
According to sales data analyzed in the report, newly built middle housing sold for $250,000 to $300,000 less on average than newly built single-detached homes.”
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
September 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Portland shows how it’s done
“The new homes aren’t just more numerous—they’re also more affordable.
According to sales data analyzed in the report, newly built middle housing sold for $250,000 to $300,000 less on average than newly built single-detached homes.”
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
“The new homes aren’t just more numerous—they’re also more affordable.
According to sales data analyzed in the report, newly built middle housing sold for $250,000 to $300,000 less on average than newly built single-detached homes.”
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
Jerome Powell is right, the Fed can't fix home prices just by lowering interest rates. We have a shortage and communities all across the country, especially ours, need to build more homes.
'There's A Deeper Problem': Jerome Powell Says That The Fed Cannot Fix U.S. Housing Prices Alone
During a press briefing on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell answered a question about housing prices.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Jerome Powell is right, the Fed can't fix home prices just by lowering interest rates. We have a shortage and communities all across the country, especially ours, need to build more homes.
This is a very good and nuanced piece on corporate landlords owning SFH:
"There's always gonna be a cost and a benefit," he says. But the bigger problem for housing affordability, he adds, is that "we just haven't built enough [homes] to keep up with the population growth and household formation."
"There's always gonna be a cost and a benefit," he says. But the bigger problem for housing affordability, he adds, is that "we just haven't built enough [homes] to keep up with the population growth and household formation."
Here's what happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood
What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself.
www.npr.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a very good and nuanced piece on corporate landlords owning SFH:
"There's always gonna be a cost and a benefit," he says. But the bigger problem for housing affordability, he adds, is that "we just haven't built enough [homes] to keep up with the population growth and household formation."
"There's always gonna be a cost and a benefit," he says. But the bigger problem for housing affordability, he adds, is that "we just haven't built enough [homes] to keep up with the population growth and household formation."
The housing crisis is preventing our kids from having the opportunities we had. Their lives are delayed and their dreams harder to achieve.
It's not right and it's not fair to them. We must build enough homes, of all shapes and sizes, so that everyone can afford a place to live.
h/t @zabnerforia
It's not right and it's not fair to them. We must build enough homes, of all shapes and sizes, so that everyone can afford a place to live.
h/t @zabnerforia
September 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The housing crisis is preventing our kids from having the opportunities we had. Their lives are delayed and their dreams harder to achieve.
It's not right and it's not fair to them. We must build enough homes, of all shapes and sizes, so that everyone can afford a place to live.
h/t @zabnerforia
It's not right and it's not fair to them. We must build enough homes, of all shapes and sizes, so that everyone can afford a place to live.
h/t @zabnerforia
Two deceptive anti-affordable housing initiatives are headed to the November ballot.
These ballot measures will do great damage to our city...
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These ballot measures will do great damage to our city...
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Resident initiatives will go to November election, Louisville City Council decides
The Louisville City Council voted to send two resident-led initiatives to the November ballot after those measures moved forward through a hearing process this week.
www.coloradohometownweekly.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Two deceptive anti-affordable housing initiatives are headed to the November ballot.
These ballot measures will do great damage to our city...
🧵👇
These ballot measures will do great damage to our city...
🧵👇
Happy Labor Day! 💪 Louisville is ready for a parade! 🇺🇸
September 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy Labor Day! 💪 Louisville is ready for a parade! 🇺🇸
Here at City Hall in beautiful Louisville, Colorado for the protest hearing on two anti-development citizen initiatives. If passed, these initiatives would block almost all new housing in Louisville.
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Here at City Hall in beautiful Louisville, Colorado for the protest hearing on two anti-development citizen initiatives. If passed, these initiatives would block almost all new housing in Louisville.
Boulder has seen the same issue, on a smaller scale. Just like the suburbs of so many other US cities, Louisville has seen strong job growth. We've added thousands of jobs, but few homes for all those new workers, pushing them further out into suburban sprawl.
Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.
August 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Boulder has seen the same issue, on a smaller scale. Just like the suburbs of so many other US cities, Louisville has seen strong job growth. We've added thousands of jobs, but few homes for all those new workers, pushing them further out into suburban sprawl.
If these so-called 'affordable housing' initiatives become law, virtually all new housing in Louisville will be blocked for years to come.
Two resident-led initiatives halted by protest, will go to public hearing in Louisville
The potential measures in Louisville, one regarding affordable housing, could end up in a special election.
www.coloradohometownweekly.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If these so-called 'affordable housing' initiatives become law, virtually all new housing in Louisville will be blocked for years to come.
AARP: Types of 'missing middle' housing that can help seniors age in place.
These styles were common across America before being outlawed by single family zoning.
Missing middle styles preserve neighborhood character by offering options for seniors to downsize and young families to get started.
These styles were common across America before being outlawed by single family zoning.
Missing middle styles preserve neighborhood character by offering options for seniors to downsize and young families to get started.
Photo Gallery: Missing Middle Housing Types
Located in walkable neighborhoods, these needed, mid-sized, often multifamily residences are compatible in scale and form with detached single-family homes
www.aarp.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
AARP: Types of 'missing middle' housing that can help seniors age in place.
These styles were common across America before being outlawed by single family zoning.
Missing middle styles preserve neighborhood character by offering options for seniors to downsize and young families to get started.
These styles were common across America before being outlawed by single family zoning.
Missing middle styles preserve neighborhood character by offering options for seniors to downsize and young families to get started.
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i've been thinking about donald appleyard's research on social interaction diagram a lot in relation to some of the topics in my book and some recent podcast discussions
specifically the social isolation crisis, and how we plan and build multifamily housing in the US today
specifically the social isolation crisis, and how we plan and build multifamily housing in the US today
August 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
i've been thinking about donald appleyard's research on social interaction diagram a lot in relation to some of the topics in my book and some recent podcast discussions
specifically the social isolation crisis, and how we plan and build multifamily housing in the US today
specifically the social isolation crisis, and how we plan and build multifamily housing in the US today
Must read: Affordable housing isn't for who you think. And if the Louisville 'affordable housing' initiatives take effect, none will get built.
The Affordable Housing Scam Hiding in Plain Sight
How a feel-good Louisville ballot measure is designed to make sure nothing ever gets built
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Must read: Affordable housing isn't for who you think. And if the Louisville 'affordable housing' initiatives take effect, none will get built.
PEW: Housing costs "explain far more of the difference in rates of homelessness than variables such as substance use disorder, mental health, weather, the strength of the social safety net, poverty, or economic conditions."
How Housing Costs Drive Levels of Homelessness
A new analysis of rent prices and homelessness in American cities demonstrates the strong connection between the two: homelessness is high in urban areas where rents are high, and homelessness rises…
www.pew.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
PEW: Housing costs "explain far more of the difference in rates of homelessness than variables such as substance use disorder, mental health, weather, the strength of the social safety net, poverty, or economic conditions."
A new Pew study finds that "in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the most in lower-income neighborhoods with older buildings."
Building new homes, even at market rate, helps keep existing homes more affordable.
Building new homes, even at market rate, helps keep existing homes more affordable.
New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units
The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the…
www.pew.org
August 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A new Pew study finds that "in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the most in lower-income neighborhoods with older buildings."
Building new homes, even at market rate, helps keep existing homes more affordable.
Building new homes, even at market rate, helps keep existing homes more affordable.