@zakdavidson.bsky.social
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Chicago's got a live single stair bill now, from Alder Matt Martin chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matt...
Matter
- Office of the City Clerk
chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov
May 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Chicago's got a live single stair bill now, from Alder Matt Martin chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matt...
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SNAP is vital to ensuring families have food on their tables. It's why my administration made it a priority to fight hunger in IL.
Republicans should be lowering costs, not making life harder for families now — especially not one of the largest cuts to food assistance ever.
Republicans should be lowering costs, not making life harder for families now — especially not one of the largest cuts to food assistance ever.
Anti-hunger advocates slam House Republicans’ proposed cut to SNAP
Experts fear slashing over $290 billion could result in many households in need losing a critical nutrition lifeline.
www.nbcnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
SNAP is vital to ensuring families have food on their tables. It's why my administration made it a priority to fight hunger in IL.
Republicans should be lowering costs, not making life harder for families now — especially not one of the largest cuts to food assistance ever.
Republicans should be lowering costs, not making life harder for families now — especially not one of the largest cuts to food assistance ever.
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GOP budget would:
—Kick 8 million Americans off health insurance
—Cut food stamps by 30%
—Tax electric car drivers at a higher rate than gas car drivers
—Create a $3.8 trillion tax cut whose benefits would mostly go to the wealthy
—Reduce housing funding by $33 billion, increasing homelessness
—Kick 8 million Americans off health insurance
—Cut food stamps by 30%
—Tax electric car drivers at a higher rate than gas car drivers
—Create a $3.8 trillion tax cut whose benefits would mostly go to the wealthy
—Reduce housing funding by $33 billion, increasing homelessness
the republican budget plan: tax breaks for the rich, paired with the biggest medicaid cuts and snap cuts in history
my piece from yesterday is now updated to include this graph
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
my piece from yesterday is now updated to include this graph
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
May 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
GOP budget would:
—Kick 8 million Americans off health insurance
—Cut food stamps by 30%
—Tax electric car drivers at a higher rate than gas car drivers
—Create a $3.8 trillion tax cut whose benefits would mostly go to the wealthy
—Reduce housing funding by $33 billion, increasing homelessness
—Kick 8 million Americans off health insurance
—Cut food stamps by 30%
—Tax electric car drivers at a higher rate than gas car drivers
—Create a $3.8 trillion tax cut whose benefits would mostly go to the wealthy
—Reduce housing funding by $33 billion, increasing homelessness
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Chicago lib pope announced the day after Chicago City Council approves mixed-income social housing program… the fix is in.
Update: Council passed this ordinance 30-18!
Tomorrow, a new tool to create mixed income affordable housing called “green social housing” is going before Council. It’s not going too far, I think, to say this is one of the most consequential things Council could do to support affordable housing—all over the city.
May 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Chicago lib pope announced the day after Chicago City Council approves mixed-income social housing program… the fix is in.
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Extended engagement processes & balkanized decisionmaking have led to the US suffering from declining infrastructure investment.
In new work at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I argue that we also need to consider a 3rd issue: The informal role of local elected officials in influencing outcomes.
In new work at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I argue that we also need to consider a 3rd issue: The informal role of local elected officials in influencing outcomes.
To Increase Investments in Transportation, Policymakers Must Account for Local Leaders’ Unofficial—but Powerful—Influence
Setting maximum timelines for project deliberation and being able to quickly assess the costs and benefits of a proposed change will help speed infrastructure investments and ultimately ensure more pe...
www.urban.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Extended engagement processes & balkanized decisionmaking have led to the US suffering from declining infrastructure investment.
In new work at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I argue that we also need to consider a 3rd issue: The informal role of local elected officials in influencing outcomes.
In new work at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I argue that we also need to consider a 3rd issue: The informal role of local elected officials in influencing outcomes.
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I think renters should be able to live in single family neighborhoods.
May 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I think renters should be able to live in single family neighborhoods.
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A housing journalist who wants to break some big new stories and be on the ground floor of the next wave of pro-housing reforms should learn how building codes work and follow Stephen around.
No, but it was recorded and will be online in about a month. TBH though I think it was a bit too in-the-weeds for any journalist to grasp the nuances and notable parts (or for the audience to care).
May 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A housing journalist who wants to break some big new stories and be on the ground floor of the next wave of pro-housing reforms should learn how building codes work and follow Stephen around.
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Late to this Terner piece from Ben Metcalf that explores modern Italian social housing. Notable features from a California perspective:
- mixed-tenure
- cross-subsidy to deeply affordable units
- simple capital stack
- cost rentals
ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/opening...
- mixed-tenure
- cross-subsidy to deeply affordable units
- simple capital stack
- cost rentals
ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/opening...
April 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Late to this Terner piece from Ben Metcalf that explores modern Italian social housing. Notable features from a California perspective:
- mixed-tenure
- cross-subsidy to deeply affordable units
- simple capital stack
- cost rentals
ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/opening...
- mixed-tenure
- cross-subsidy to deeply affordable units
- simple capital stack
- cost rentals
ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/opening...
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Tonight: HBO documentary about FirstEnergy scandal!
April 15 - Tax Day - HBO releases 2 films I directed as part of “The Dark Money Game.” The first, “Ohio Confidential,” about a $1.3 billion-dollar heist by pols in Ohio. Sen 2nd, is “Wealth of the Wicked” about the corruption of the Supreme Court. youtu.be/dykZuyO7RUU
The Dark Money Game | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Tonight: HBO documentary about FirstEnergy scandal!
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The #Columbus City Council has voted to remove minimum parking mandates and legalize walkable, mixed-use buildings on yet another corridor.
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/c...
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/c...
Columbus City Council approves proposal for zoning changes to 161 corridor
Columbus City Council approved a proposal to rezone sections of the SR-161/East Dublin-Granville corridor in the Northland neighborhood during a meeting on Mond
abc6onyourside.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The #Columbus City Council has voted to remove minimum parking mandates and legalize walkable, mixed-use buildings on yet another corridor.
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/c...
abc6onyourside.com/news/local/c...
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Permitting reform won’t matter much if tariffs trigger a recession and hike the cost of every transformer and power plant we need to build.
April 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Permitting reform won’t matter much if tariffs trigger a recession and hike the cost of every transformer and power plant we need to build.
Imagine being so bad at raising gov revenue that you juice inflation and cause the economy to contract with one announcement
April 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Imagine being so bad at raising gov revenue that you juice inflation and cause the economy to contract with one announcement
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Since I’m a housing and homelessness guy I feel like I need to remind everyone that these tariffs are likely to have a cataclysmic effect on housing affordability and homelessness.
April 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Since I’m a housing and homelessness guy I feel like I need to remind everyone that these tariffs are likely to have a cataclysmic effect on housing affordability and homelessness.
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Free Rumeysa Ozturk! Never Again for ANYONE!
March 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Free Rumeysa Ozturk! Never Again for ANYONE!
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the authoritarianism is bad, but the loser energy is absolutely intolerable
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
the authoritarianism is bad, but the loser energy is absolutely intolerable
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Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power
My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers
🔌💡
eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers
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eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power
My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers
🔌💡
eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers
🔌💡
eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
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Plans are progressing to build a massive, 2,000 MW solar farm & 2,000 MW battery at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in central Washington on land the government has cleaned up that was formerly used for nuclear research, weapons production and waste storage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... 🔌💡
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... 🔌💡
Hanford, a Contaminated Nuclear Site, It Set to Be Largest US Solar Farm (Gift Article)
Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World War II, had just begun inching forward when President Trump started his second term.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Plans are progressing to build a massive, 2,000 MW solar farm & 2,000 MW battery at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in central Washington on land the government has cleaned up that was formerly used for nuclear research, weapons production and waste storage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... 🔌💡
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... 🔌💡
Thousands of working-class Ohioans are going to get low-cost or free solar to help bring down their utility bills. Activists pushed for it, (exclusively) Democrats passed it, and JD Vance + other nerds in the White House tried to undo it.
Win for clean energy and bringing down costs.
Win for clean energy and bringing down costs.
EPA announces that it is unfreezing $7 Billion in "Solar For All" grants that were authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act. In these dark times, we'll take all the good news we can get! 1/ www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/05/u...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unfreezes $7 billion Solar for All grant program
The announcement comes after the EPA instantly froze the funds last month.
www.pv-magazine.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Thousands of working-class Ohioans are going to get low-cost or free solar to help bring down their utility bills. Activists pushed for it, (exclusively) Democrats passed it, and JD Vance + other nerds in the White House tried to undo it.
Win for clean energy and bringing down costs.
Win for clean energy and bringing down costs.
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New episode of UCLA Housing Voice! We talk with NYU's Sarah Strochak about the Housing Choice Voucher program's abysmal lease-up rates (around 60%), and how success varies by program design and household and neighborhood characteristics www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/03/05/8...
Episode 87: Rental Voucher Lease-Up Rates with Sarah Strochak
Strochak shares research on lease-up rates, and how reforming voucher policies influence the lease-up process and affordable homes.
www.lewis.ucla.edu
March 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New episode of UCLA Housing Voice! We talk with NYU's Sarah Strochak about the Housing Choice Voucher program's abysmal lease-up rates (around 60%), and how success varies by program design and household and neighborhood characteristics www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/03/05/8...
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Hmmm. Mix increasing delinquencies in subprime non-QM loans, gutting the CFPB, and gutting the FHA (which helped rescue the housing market in 2008+).
And throw in lots of layoffs.
Perfect recipe for a mortgage crisis.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And throw in lots of layoffs.
Perfect recipe for a mortgage crisis.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Federal Mortgage Insurer to Lay Off Nearly Half Its Workforce
The Trump administration is planning to lay off at least 40% of the workers at the federal agency that provides mortgage insurance on loans for people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for one, according...
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hmmm. Mix increasing delinquencies in subprime non-QM loans, gutting the CFPB, and gutting the FHA (which helped rescue the housing market in 2008+).
And throw in lots of layoffs.
Perfect recipe for a mortgage crisis.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And throw in lots of layoffs.
Perfect recipe for a mortgage crisis.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Best news all year. 🎉
🧵 Some big personal news: After four years apart, I'm reuniting with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @cleangridview.bsky.social for a new podcast, called "Open Circuit."
Open Circuit
The energy transition, decoded. Jigar Shah, Katherine Hamilton, and Stephen Lacey explain the tech, market, and policy forces accelerating the energy transition.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Best news all year. 🎉
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#EnergySky creating a thread of four climate optimism news headlines from last week that are keeping me inspired this week and moving forward
First, Americans bought 37% more heat pumps in 2024 than gas furnaces, up from 21% in 2023.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
First, Americans bought 37% more heat pumps in 2024 than gas furnaces, up from 21% in 2023.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
Heat pumps keep widening their lead on gas furnaces
2024 heat pump sales through November show the clean-heat transition is speeding up in the U.S.
www.canarymedia.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#EnergySky creating a thread of four climate optimism news headlines from last week that are keeping me inspired this week and moving forward
First, Americans bought 37% more heat pumps in 2024 than gas furnaces, up from 21% in 2023.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
First, Americans bought 37% more heat pumps in 2024 than gas furnaces, up from 21% in 2023.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...