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danielwerwath.bsky.social
Santa Fe on cusp of adopting first prohousing land use reforms www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
'No more time to wait': Santa Feans urge council to pass Phase 1 of land use code update
About 30 residents spoke during a special meeting urging councilors to approve Phase 1 of the code rewrite without delay.
www.santafenewmexican.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
paulginva.bsky.social
The list keeps going.
The image is a list of California Assembly and Senate bills, primarily related to housing development, planning, and other related topics. The list includes the bill number, the Assemblymember or Senator who authored it, their political party and district, and a brief description of the bill's purpose. The bills cover a range of topics, including restrictive covenants, urban lot splits, accessory dwelling units, and inspections under the Housing Accountability Act. Several bills focus on housing development, such as transit-oriented development, density bonuses, and prohousing policies. Other topics include landlord-tenant issues, local educational agencies, and environmental quality. The list includes bills from both Assemblymembers and Senators, with their party affiliations (D for Democrat, R for Republican) and districts noted.
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
alexip718.com
I have to zoom out my second screen to 33% in portrait mode so that I can screenshot all the pro-housing bills Gavin Newsom signed today on one image. This is absurd (laudatory)
The full list of the signed bills include: AB 36 by Assemblymember Esmerelda Soria (D-Merced) – Housing elements: prohousing designation. AB 87 by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) – Housing development: density bonuses. AB 253 by Assemblymember Christoper Ward (D-San Diego) – California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits. AB 301 by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (D-Santa Clarita) – Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state agencies. AB 413 by Assemblymember Mike Fong (D-Alhambra) – Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation. AB 457 by Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria (D-Merced) – Streamlines approvals for larger farmworker housing in the Central Valley. AB 462 by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) – Speeds approvals for coastal and disaster-area ADUs. AB 480 by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) – Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit. A signing message can be found here. AB 507 by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) – Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives. AB 610 by Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) – Housing element: governmental constraints: disclosure statement. AB 678 by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-Milpitas) – Interagency Council on Homelessness. AB 712 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) – Housing reform laws: enforcement actions: fines and penalties. AB 723 by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz) – Real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure. AB 754 by Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) – Floating home marinas: rent caps: County of Marin. AB 790 by Anamarie Ávila Farías (D-Martinez) – Homelessness: single women with children. AB 893 by Assemblymember Mike Fong (D-Alhambra) – Housing development projects: objective standards: campus development zone. AB 920 by Assemblymember Jessica Caloza (D-Los Angeles) – Permit S…
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
futureis.la
I dive into a possible deeper reason why all these yes votes overlap, and why the rest of the city is a sea of no's, in my latest blog post. It all could point to a future way forward for the prohousing movement in LA.
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
futureis.la
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
futureis.la
I wrote about Nithya Raman's evolution on housing from cautious DSA lefty to full-throated prohousing leader. She's gone on a Buffy Wicks-like policy tear in 2025, tackling everything from single stair to permitting reform. Zoning is likely next.

Could housing politics in LA be getting better?
Nithya Raman's YIMBY moment
Finally, an LA politician is taking our housing crisis seriously.
futureis.la
September 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
leadershipcounsel.bsky.social
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is considering whether to designate the City of Fresno as a Pro-housing City. A “Prohousing City” reduces barriers to housing, and can earn the designation plus receive priority access to grants for affordable housing.
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
yonahfreemark.com
BC’s NDP government has led the most ambitious prohousing strategy of any state/province in US/Canada. It has:
—Funded large increase in affordable housing
—Developed a revolving loan fund for middle cost housing
—Rezoned to allow very large developments near transit

www.thewrit.ca/p/bc-ndp-fav...
B.C. NDP favoured, but Conservatives could pull off upset
NDP ends campaign with a narrow lead in most polls and the regional and demographic breaks it needs to win.
www.thewrit.ca
October 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM
cselmendorf.bsky.social
Curious about federal tax & housing policy? Check out my new paper w/ aarmlovi.bsky.social and Sam Jacobson.

We argue that Congress should make housing projects in big, expensive cities ineligible for affordable-housing tax credits unless the city opts into federal prohousing rules.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
maastrichthousing.bsky.social
New rental property found at: Abtstraat in #maastricht

€ 1575/month • 80m²

by #ProHousing

Follow us @NetherlandsHousing

https://netherlandshousing.nl/rent/maastricht/1739357877063?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=maastrichthousing&utm_campaign=feed
Abtstraat Maastricht
February 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
maastrichthousing.bsky.social
New rental property found at: Vroenhovenweg in #maastricht

€ 2995/month • 245m²

by #ProHousing

Follow us @NetherlandsHousing

https://netherlandshousing.nl/rent/maastricht/1738931323801?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=maastrichthousing&utm_campaign=feed
Vroenhovenweg Maastricht
February 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
hyperlexic.bsky.social
i’ve been a prohousing / urbanist gadfly in Berkeley for 15 years, trust me I agree in principle.

but that doesn’t get many 80 year olds out of cars in Berkeley in the near future.
March 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
maureenfuttner.com
Bay Area advocate Xiomara Cisneros reveals her childhood story of #housing insecurity: “It is very personal. It’s also very painful.” https://apple.co/2yko6xd #seismicshiftpodcast #YIMBY #ProHousing
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 AM
hyperlexic.bsky.social
Berkeley NIMBYs love hissing prohousing residents. @ericpanzer.bsky.social memorably responded with “the applause of snakes”.
May 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
mkingsella.upforgrowth.org
Housing affordability needs bold moves—like embracing single-stair buildings. They've proven safe globally, slash costs, and help cities build smarter. Let's reform outdated codes. #ProHousing #SingleStair

More from @rachelmcohen.bsky.social at Vox: link.upforgrowth.org/B6QTUZ
May 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
leadershipcounsel.bsky.social
The City of Fresno is hosting a Prohousing & Housing Element Workshop to share updates on its current prohousing application and the housing element programs it’s implemented so far. But this process isn’t complete without community voices!
August 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
mkingsella.upforgrowth.org
Understanding the scope of the housing shortage is key to solving it. Brookings breaks down why estimates matter. Up for Growth’s data shows a 3.9M-unit shortage in 2023—a clarion call for bold action. Let’s close the gap. 🏠 Read more: https://buff.ly/3Bls2lb #ProHousing #HousingSupply
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December 2, 2024 at 10:36 PM
djcrimson.bsky.social
My city is getting docked points on its Prohousing application for not having a draconian enough inclusionary policy. (Needs to have a Very Low Income requirement, rather than a menu of options.) Deeply unserious state.
November 1, 2024 at 10:45 PM
analogist.net
Not really. Plenty of prohousing folks in the 350 crowd. You should probably get to know all the factions first
August 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
mkingsella.upforgrowth.org
Back on Bluesky—big moves in federal housing policy.

🛑 Setbacks: HUD cuts, AFFH rollback.
🚀 Momentum: New pro-housing bills, Congressional YIMBY Caucus live.

The stakes are high. I’ll break down legislation & regs shaping housing supply. Let’s get to work. 🏗️ #ProHousing #YIMBY #HousingPolicy
February 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
cselmendorf.bsky.social
Previous proposals for conditioning federal housing assistance on land-use reforms have targeted the suburbs -- and gone nowhere.

We argue that Congress should focus on big, expensive cities instead, b/c in these cities the opposition to prohousing policies is driven...
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January 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
abundanthousingma.org
Learn more about our endorsed candidates ➡️ www.abundanthousingma.org/endorsements/
#YesInMyBackYard #HomesWeNeed #ProHousing #FranklinMA
Endorsements
www.abundanthousingma.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
expat-barcelona.bsky.social
I was with my local buddy, Raul, in the plaza Univeristad Starbucks when we saw this demonstration going on. He told me it was stahed by some kind of self-proclamed prohousing unions (?). By my face you can guess the smell 🤢 What do they expect, a free house? 😂 Grow up!
December 2, 2024 at 12:18 AM
leadershipcounsel.bsky.social
Like Yonas, and many others, we want the City of Fresno to gain their prohousing status back, only if real reform is made possible.

#559fresno #FresnoHousing
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
billthepony.bsky.social
I watched adam conover's interview with them an in it klein says "California has passed dozens of prohousing bills and it hasn't had an impact..."

And i would really like him to explore that thought but they moved on.
May 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM