We're heading toward a partial government shutdown if the Senate fails to pass a continuing resolution. But if the current continuing resolution passes, critical housing assistance programs will face significant cuts. Shelterforce's @shelby-r-king.bsky.social reports: bit.ly/3DSYlsW

What the hell IS even going on at HUD? I can’t answer that, but I did try to sort thru some budget shenanigans. If you need a quick-ish primer on what’s up (at least for now) for FY25 & FY26, @shelterforce.bsky.social is here for you. shelterforce.org/2025/03/13/w...

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At the National Housing Conference’s “Solutions for Affordable Housing” conference in DC. Sen. Warner says we need new questions/solutions to solve the affordable housing crisis, ones that will “stir the pot.” Send inflammatory questions 👂🏼

My research on the effects of Houston's 2013 minimum lot size on land values is out now at Cityscape: www.mercatus.org/research/wor...

“Purchasing and converting an office building for residential use costs an average of $685 per square foot. Buying a completed multifamily property costs an average of $600 per square foot, while building a new multifamily development costs about $588 per square foot.”

So weird that a person who manufactures exploding cars wants to “delete” a consumer watchdog agency www.politico.com/live-updates...

shocked shocked etc www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

lmao robert moses came up at the thanksgiving dinner table (duh) and my dad gets up, retrieves this mug from the kitchen and silently hands it to me. he bought it for himself. I can’t ☠️☠️☠️

Baby-boomer homeowners got rich from skyrocketing house prices. Now they can't find retirement housing. www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers...

I'm glad to see that disaster-induced housing instability is now routinely covered by the press. The next step is for states to actually have disaster programs for renters in place before disasters strike!

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A Nixon-era law forbids presidents from blocking spending over policy disagreements. Federal courts have also prevented presidents from refusing to spend money unless Congress grants them the flexibility.

Trump seeks to upend it all.

A quick 1-min explainer by @josesepulveda.bsky.social ⤵️

Gosh, folks, more MAGA populism!

"The revelations that Trump has sought advice from a 'kitchen cabinet' of Wall Street bigwigs comes after his appointment of staunch loyalist and hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary."

"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

That was quite the Friday news dump, eh? I suppose picking someone with no housing experience (or interest in housing?) is one way to ensure the dept. is set up to do your bidding. If you need me, I’m over here reading about Scott Turner.

Fitting for my first post, I think.