Pete Harrison
@peteharrison860.bsky.social
CT RPA Director / DesegregateCT / pro-homes + pro-riders. www.yimby.town 2025 coming to New Haven 9/14 - 9/16
CT > NYC > CT
CT > NYC > CT
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Special session starts in CT this week.
A reminder — Connecticut wants more housing + supports a number of ways to make it happen.
See the full results on our website: https://bit.ly/4oWkFUD
A reminder — Connecticut wants more housing + supports a number of ways to make it happen.
See the full results on our website: https://bit.ly/4oWkFUD
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Special session starts in CT this week.
A reminder — Connecticut wants more housing + supports a number of ways to make it happen.
See the full results on our website: https://bit.ly/4oWkFUD
A reminder — Connecticut wants more housing + supports a number of ways to make it happen.
See the full results on our website: https://bit.ly/4oWkFUD
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A giant in the New York City tenants movement and an inspiration to @peteharrison860.bsky.social, Michael will be sorely missed.
Learn about Michael here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
Learn about Michael here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A giant in the New York City tenants movement and an inspiration to @peteharrison860.bsky.social, Michael will be sorely missed.
Learn about Michael here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
Learn about Michael here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
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That's MY mayor 🥹 🥹 🥹
RPA's Pete Harrison spoke to News8 this week about bringing together decision-makers, advocates, and policy experts at @yimbytown.bsky.social — take a look ⬇️
RPA's Pete Harrison spoke to News8 this week about bringing together decision-makers, advocates, and policy experts at @yimbytown.bsky.social — take a look ⬇️
September 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
That's MY mayor 🥹 🥹 🥹
RPA's Pete Harrison spoke to News8 this week about bringing together decision-makers, advocates, and policy experts at @yimbytown.bsky.social — take a look ⬇️
RPA's Pete Harrison spoke to News8 this week about bringing together decision-makers, advocates, and policy experts at @yimbytown.bsky.social — take a look ⬇️
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Add New Hampshire to the (increasingly long) list of states taking major action on housing this year! The governor just signed:
- Single-stair up to 4 stories
- Cap parking mandates @ 1/home
- ADU expansion
- Residential in commercial zones
- Legalizing roommates
www.603forward.org/press/housin...
- Single-stair up to 4 stories
- Cap parking mandates @ 1/home
- ADU expansion
- Residential in commercial zones
- Legalizing roommates
www.603forward.org/press/housin...
July 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Add New Hampshire to the (increasingly long) list of states taking major action on housing this year! The governor just signed:
- Single-stair up to 4 stories
- Cap parking mandates @ 1/home
- ADU expansion
- Residential in commercial zones
- Legalizing roommates
www.603forward.org/press/housin...
- Single-stair up to 4 stories
- Cap parking mandates @ 1/home
- ADU expansion
- Residential in commercial zones
- Legalizing roommates
www.603forward.org/press/housin...
Yup
Today seems like a good day to repost this story I wrote last year about how Connecticut municipalities have denied 1000s of new homes for all sorts of reasons, w/ thoughts from @peteharrison860.bsky.social, @urbandispatch.bsky.social and @trumbullbrod.bsky.social www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Connecticut towns deny thousands of new homes this year as state faces 'housing crisis'
Advocates say one issue is that each town has its own arbitrary zoning rules and veto...
www.ctinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yup
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With Governor Lamont of Connecticut vetoing major housing legislation (HB50002), it is without question that republicans are far better on housing issues at this point, and that makes me very sad.
June 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With Governor Lamont of Connecticut vetoing major housing legislation (HB50002), it is without question that republicans are far better on housing issues at this point, and that makes me very sad.
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When the only people applauding you are the state’s Republican leaders… maybe you don’t represent the people who elected you.
CT Gov. Lamont to veto controversial housing, striking workers bills
Gov. Ned Lamont will veto two bills passed by the Connecticut legislature, he announced Monday.
www.courant.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When the only people applauding you are the state’s Republican leaders… maybe you don’t represent the people who elected you.
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Give Lamont hell so that other blue state governors are afraid to veto pro-housing bills, IMO
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Give Lamont hell so that other blue state governors are afraid to veto pro-housing bills, IMO
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It took heroic efforts to get HB 5002 through the CT legislature. CT has some of the most expensive suburbs & most restrictive zoning in the US - 2+ acre minimum lot sizes near excellent transit infrastructure & job access. Deeply frustrating to see Gov. Lamont's veto.
Gov. Lamont says he will *veto* HB 5002, the broad housing bill proponents say would boost affordable housing in the state.
He says he hopes to see an amended version in a special session this fall.
“Veto to me means we can do a lot better.”
He says he hopes to see an amended version in a special session this fall.
“Veto to me means we can do a lot better.”
June 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It took heroic efforts to get HB 5002 through the CT legislature. CT has some of the most expensive suburbs & most restrictive zoning in the US - 2+ acre minimum lot sizes near excellent transit infrastructure & job access. Deeply frustrating to see Gov. Lamont's veto.
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Absolute pathetic governor we have in Connecticut. His veto rested on "Towns are trying really hard, I need to give them more time"
I'm sorry, the data just doesn't support anything the Governor is saying. We cannot permit our way out of a 400k home shortage without changing anything
I'm sorry, the data just doesn't support anything the Governor is saying. We cannot permit our way out of a 400k home shortage without changing anything
June 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Absolute pathetic governor we have in Connecticut. His veto rested on "Towns are trying really hard, I need to give them more time"
I'm sorry, the data just doesn't support anything the Governor is saying. We cannot permit our way out of a 400k home shortage without changing anything
I'm sorry, the data just doesn't support anything the Governor is saying. We cannot permit our way out of a 400k home shortage without changing anything
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Un-fucking-believable cowardice from Gov. Ned Lamont in CT. He just vetoed an incredible housing bill out of fear of a transparently fraudulent, astroturfed opposition campaign.
Go ahead & tell him what you think. 860-566-4840
Go ahead & tell him what you think. 860-566-4840
Absolute pathetic governor we have in Connecticut. His veto rested on "Towns are trying really hard, I need to give them more time"
I'm sorry, the data just doesn't support anything the Governor is saying. We cannot permit our way out of a 400k home shortage without changing anything
I'm sorry, the data just doesn't support anything the Governor is saying. We cannot permit our way out of a 400k home shortage without changing anything
June 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Un-fucking-believable cowardice from Gov. Ned Lamont in CT. He just vetoed an incredible housing bill out of fear of a transparently fraudulent, astroturfed opposition campaign.
Go ahead & tell him what you think. 860-566-4840
Go ahead & tell him what you think. 860-566-4840
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He was asked a lot of times, and a lot of different ways, what exactly he'd like to see housing policy in CT look like and didn't provide a particularly clear answer.
Instead, he emphasized his desire for towns to be involved and expressed optimism there's a version of the bill they would support.
Instead, he emphasized his desire for towns to be involved and expressed optimism there's a version of the bill they would support.
June 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
He was asked a lot of times, and a lot of different ways, what exactly he'd like to see housing policy in CT look like and didn't provide a particularly clear answer.
Instead, he emphasized his desire for towns to be involved and expressed optimism there's a version of the bill they would support.
Instead, he emphasized his desire for towns to be involved and expressed optimism there's a version of the bill they would support.
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Good thread on today's press conference during which CT's governor announced he'd veto a housing bill he previously supported, the most significant piece of housing legislation to cross his desk during his time in office.
He was asked a lot of times, and a lot of different ways, what exactly he'd like to see housing policy in CT look like and didn't provide a particularly clear answer.
Instead, he emphasized his desire for towns to be involved and expressed optimism there's a version of the bill they would support.
Instead, he emphasized his desire for towns to be involved and expressed optimism there's a version of the bill they would support.
June 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Good thread on today's press conference during which CT's governor announced he'd veto a housing bill he previously supported, the most significant piece of housing legislation to cross his desk during his time in office.
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Lamont's logic on his HB5002 veto:
- We need housing
- This bill is good
- Some mayors and first selectmen are mad about the bill because of misinformation anti-housing people have been pushing
- The things they're mad about are fine, actually
- Therefore, I will be vetoing the bill
- We need housing
- This bill is good
- Some mayors and first selectmen are mad about the bill because of misinformation anti-housing people have been pushing
- The things they're mad about are fine, actually
- Therefore, I will be vetoing the bill
June 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Lamont's logic on his HB5002 veto:
- We need housing
- This bill is good
- Some mayors and first selectmen are mad about the bill because of misinformation anti-housing people have been pushing
- The things they're mad about are fine, actually
- Therefore, I will be vetoing the bill
- We need housing
- This bill is good
- Some mayors and first selectmen are mad about the bill because of misinformation anti-housing people have been pushing
- The things they're mad about are fine, actually
- Therefore, I will be vetoing the bill
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Blue states not growing means they hand their political power to red states, it really is that simple.
Gov. Lamont says he will *veto* HB 5002, the broad housing bill proponents say would boost affordable housing in the state.
He says he hopes to see an amended version in a special session this fall.
“Veto to me means we can do a lot better.”
He says he hopes to see an amended version in a special session this fall.
“Veto to me means we can do a lot better.”
June 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Blue states not growing means they hand their political power to red states, it really is that simple.
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To say nothing of the shockwaves that vetoing HB 5002 will send through state politics in CT, it also means Lamont is hostile to one of the best ways for Democrats to build long term power federally: adding population to Blue states. CT’s housing crisis is already costing it a full seat in Congress.
June 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
To say nothing of the shockwaves that vetoing HB 5002 will send through state politics in CT, it also means Lamont is hostile to one of the best ways for Democrats to build long term power federally: adding population to Blue states. CT’s housing crisis is already costing it a full seat in Congress.
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The veto of HB5002 a 🧵1/ a lot
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The veto of HB5002 a 🧵1/ a lot
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
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Today, Gov. Ned Lamont vetoed HB 5002, a bill that represented an important step forward for housing in CT.
The cost of inaction is great. We call on Gov. Lamont to to finish the job on this bill.
From @desegregatect.bsky.social @peteharrison860.bsky.social:
rpa.org/news/news-re...
The cost of inaction is great. We call on Gov. Lamont to to finish the job on this bill.
From @desegregatect.bsky.social @peteharrison860.bsky.social:
rpa.org/news/news-re...
June 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today, Gov. Ned Lamont vetoed HB 5002, a bill that represented an important step forward for housing in CT.
The cost of inaction is great. We call on Gov. Lamont to to finish the job on this bill.
From @desegregatect.bsky.social @peteharrison860.bsky.social:
rpa.org/news/news-re...
The cost of inaction is great. We call on Gov. Lamont to to finish the job on this bill.
From @desegregatect.bsky.social @peteharrison860.bsky.social:
rpa.org/news/news-re...
Don’t worry, the ban doesn’t impact rest stops on 95, enjoy the gridlock 😘
I can't believe drive-through country of Connecticut will reform parking statewide before we will.
Connecticut just adopted a MASSIVE pro-housing law that:
- Ends costly parking mandates (1st state east of the Rockies to do so)
- Incentives transit oriented development & fair share
- Allows middle housing in commercial zones
- Allows manufactured homes everywhere
Go @desegregatect.bsky.social!
- Ends costly parking mandates (1st state east of the Rockies to do so)
- Incentives transit oriented development & fair share
- Allows middle housing in commercial zones
- Allows manufactured homes everywhere
Go @desegregatect.bsky.social!
May 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Don’t worry, the ban doesn’t impact rest stops on 95, enjoy the gridlock 😘
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Connecticut just adopted a MASSIVE pro-housing law that:
- Ends costly parking mandates (1st state east of the Rockies to do so)
- Incentives transit oriented development & fair share
- Allows middle housing in commercial zones
- Allows manufactured homes everywhere
Go @desegregatect.bsky.social!
- Ends costly parking mandates (1st state east of the Rockies to do so)
- Incentives transit oriented development & fair share
- Allows middle housing in commercial zones
- Allows manufactured homes everywhere
Go @desegregatect.bsky.social!
May 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Connecticut just adopted a MASSIVE pro-housing law that:
- Ends costly parking mandates (1st state east of the Rockies to do so)
- Incentives transit oriented development & fair share
- Allows middle housing in commercial zones
- Allows manufactured homes everywhere
Go @desegregatect.bsky.social!
- Ends costly parking mandates (1st state east of the Rockies to do so)
- Incentives transit oriented development & fair share
- Allows middle housing in commercial zones
- Allows manufactured homes everywhere
Go @desegregatect.bsky.social!
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Speaking at Yale Innovation Summit today, Gov. Lamont touted CT’s strong job market & vibrant companies. You know what helps keep entrepreneurs & workers in your state? Making it easier to build homes they can afford in every community.
H.B. 5002 just passed the House after over 11 hours of debate! From Work Live Ride, the biggest parking reform east of the Rockies, to fair share, commercial conversions, public housing, and homelessness reforms, this is a significant step forward. On to the Senate! 🏘️🚉
May 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Speaking at Yale Innovation Summit today, Gov. Lamont touted CT’s strong job market & vibrant companies. You know what helps keep entrepreneurs & workers in your state? Making it easier to build homes they can afford in every community.
Excited to be launching this at YIMBYtown 2025 in New Haven! And excited to have some submissions from CT 🙏
🏆 Do you know of a parking reform trailblazer who truly inspired you? Nominate an individual, org, or policymaker for the Donald Shoup Award before June 13!
More info ⬇️
parkingreform.org/donald-shoup...
More info ⬇️
parkingreform.org/donald-shoup...
Donald Shoup Award - Parking Reform Network
The Donald Shoup Award, to be presented at YIMBYtown 2025, honors the legacy of Professor Donald Shoup by recognizing individuals, organizations, and policymakers at the forefront of parking reform.
parkingreform.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Excited to be launching this at YIMBYtown 2025 in New Haven! And excited to have some submissions from CT 🙏
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Connecticut is one of the nation's richest states, yet has seen homelessness surge in recent years.
That includes Fairfield County, where one packed shelter sits only a couple miles from the state's wealthiest zip codes.
Part 2 of our series on inequality in CT.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
That includes Fairfield County, where one packed shelter sits only a couple miles from the state's wealthiest zip codes.
Part 2 of our series on inequality in CT.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Homelessness surges in wealthy CT: 'I'm surrounded by millionaires, and next door this is happening'
Homelessness is an issue throughout Connecticut but is particularly striking in Fairfield County, where great wealth and great struggle exist only miles apart.
www.ctinsider.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Connecticut is one of the nation's richest states, yet has seen homelessness surge in recent years.
That includes Fairfield County, where one packed shelter sits only a couple miles from the state's wealthiest zip codes.
Part 2 of our series on inequality in CT.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
That includes Fairfield County, where one packed shelter sits only a couple miles from the state's wealthiest zip codes.
Part 2 of our series on inequality in CT.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
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my buddy @resnikoff.bsky.social off the top rope with some actual class analysis www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A YIMBY Theory of Power
Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.”
www.thenation.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
my buddy @resnikoff.bsky.social off the top rope with some actual class analysis www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Feels like there's a lesson in here for just about anyone else, and again, the Feds have very little leverage over the day-to-day operations of the MTA here.
Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
MTA, feds agree to keep NYC congestion pricing tolls through October
The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to keep New York City congestion pricing through October.
www.cbsnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Feels like there's a lesson in here for just about anyone else, and again, the Feds have very little leverage over the day-to-day operations of the MTA here.