Not enough people are paying attention to the Canadian Premier League (soccer) championship game being played in half a foot of snow. They're currently plowing the field before extra time.

Owner Occupancy requirements are de-facto renter bans

Highland Park, IL is making it harder to ride ebikes, which can replace car trips and lower emissions, by banning them in bike lanes and requiring drivers licenses to ride ebikes. This makes mobility less accessible and more dangerous cityhpil.com/news_detail_...

Also this happened today after Raja lectured a large group of mostly older Dems about why we need to loosen zoning restrictions and build more homes

One of these is a single-family home, the other has 4 apartments. Can you tell which is which?

When you leave building more housing up to individual neighborhoods & municipalities, they'll each say that another area should build. Nobody actually builds anything, and we end up with regional housing shortage. It's not just the Spiderman pointing meme, it's the Spider-Verse version.

Thank you to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for talking to us yesterday during @abundanthousingil.bsky.social Lobby Day about Illinois housing shortage and Legalizing Housing!

A classic NIMBY argument is that they worked hard for their home, so everyone else who works hard should go live somewhere else