C.J. Gabbe · @cjgabbe
288 followers · 63 posts · Server fediscience.org

It's been a treat to read these two new pieces on social housing:

"Imagine a Renters’ Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna" in the NYT: nytimes.com/2023/05/23/magazin

"Just Build the Homes: Public housing is ready to make a comeback" in Slate (co-authored by @yfreemark): slate.com/business/2023/05/pub

#HousingPolicy #affordablehousing

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C.J. Gabbe · @cjgabbe
279 followers · 59 posts · Server fediscience.org

Great new review article by @yfreemark examining the effects of zoning changes on housing supply, housing prices, and neighborhood demographics.

Article (paywall): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

Pre-print (free): urban.org/research/publication

#HousingPolicy #urbanplanning

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League of Women Voters of SF · @lwvsf
277 followers · 50 posts · Server sfba.social

SF Mayor Breed's Office of Housing and Community Development was just audited. The results?

The department uses informal plans to make key housing decisions, making it difficult for policymakers and the public to hold it accountable.


missionlocal.org/2023/04/audit

#sanfrancisco #sfba #sfpol #governmenttransparency #opengovernment #sunshine #homelessness #HousingPolicy #affordablehousing

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C.J. Gabbe · @cjgabbe
279 followers · 58 posts · Server fediscience.org

Just finished watching A Decent Home, a new documentary about the affordable housing crisis and specifically threats to the manufactured housing stock. Highly recommend.

youtube.com/watch?v=E6AVMyx3EM

#urbanplanning #mobilehomeparks #manufacturedhousing #affordablehousing #HousingPolicy #housing

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Zack Subin 🏳️‍🌈🥑 · @zack_subin
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Really enjoyed this podcast episode of UCLA Housing Voice covering Auckland's .

No North American cities have zoned to midrise apartments over most of their land area like Auckland did. This was big enough to provide a strong case study, and it seems to have worked. Multifamily housing production increased by 10-fold, and initial changes in prices suggest a win-win for both existing homeowners and potential renters.


lewis.ucla.edu/2023/03/08/45-w

#upzoning #HousingPolicy #yimby #newzealand

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malcriada_lala🤚🏾 · @Malcriada
136 followers · 471 posts · Server mstdn.party

We wont end homelessness and housing-instability until we really evaluate who owns housing and why. The values and concerns of the property owning glass are not aligned with the needs and demands of the working poor. We will not end homelessness with Housing Vouchers. We need to change how housing is owned.

#homelessness #housing #housingcrisis #urbanism #housingfirst #policy #section8 #HousingPolicy

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malcriada_lala🤚🏾 · @Malcriada
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The-14 · @The14
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Mark Abraham · @urbandata
1611 followers · 510 posts · Server mastodon.world

Where have housing units been added or removed in your city during the past 80 years? New tract-level housing data from 1940-2019 from the Historical Housing Unit and Urbanization Database: usg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/insta
Learn more: Markley et al (2022) nature.com/articles/s41597-022

#urbanism #urbanplanning #HousingPolicy #affordablehousing #Sprawl #buffalo

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Mark Abraham · @urbandata
1610 followers · 507 posts · Server mastodon.world

☠️ "Our historic town already has plenty of 3BR bungalows and big houses, they were built 50-100 years ago and have always worked out just fine. Why in the world would we need to start building more small apartments?" ☠️

Chart: Percent of households with children, falling from ~61% (1900) to ~44% (1970) to ~29% (2020)

Chart via @philipncohen

#nimby #urbanism #affordablehousing #zoning #urbanplanning #HousingPolicy

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malcriada_lala🤚🏾 · @Malcriada
126 followers · 428 posts · Server mstdn.party

🧵I've worked in the Homelessness Services sector in the USA for about 8 years but I've only recently really started to read up on how other countries are responding to their homelessness. The differences are striking but simple, and yet still too subtle for most people to really understand. I hope I'll be able to use mastodon as a platform to write about the differences and what the USA NEEDS TO DO to solve homelessness.

#housingfirst #homelessness #HousingPolicy #publichealth #housingfirstusa

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malcriada_lala🤚🏾 · @Malcriada
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@nonissimo *unconditional permanent housing*

I want advocates in the USA to fully understand that this means we need more *public housing* in the USA and we need public housing to be better than ever. Simply saying "Housing First" isn't clear enough for people who don't get it. We won't house our homeless neighbors with greedy landlords in the way.

#housingfirst #endhomelessness #housingcrisis #HousingPolicy

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malcriada_lala🤚🏾 · @Malcriada
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TheNeurotrust · @theneurotrust
243 followers · 128 posts · Server todon.eu

@DeliaChristina I'll have to check that out.

Intriguingly, I've read by about discrimination and by which made a very clear cut case for based upon US

I look forward to checking out

#thecoloroflaw #richardrothstein #HousingPolicy #thecolorofmoney #mehrsabaradaran #reparations #RacialCapitalism #thecolorofwealth

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malcriada_lala · @Malcriada
83 followers · 321 posts · Server mstdn.party

If you believe that housing is a human right, and you advocate for Housing First, you need to start studying the failing federal housing polices coming out of HUD. Study the disinvestments to public housing, and the red tape weighing down the homeless services programs funded by HUD. Become an informed advocate and don't get fooled into accepting more watered down stop-gap "assistance" programs.

#housingfirst #housingcrisis #HousingPolicy #housing4all #socialhousing

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malcriada_lala · @Malcriada
83 followers · 321 posts · Server mstdn.party
Dan Immergluck · @DanImmergluck
661 followers · 409 posts · Server mastodon.social

Since I didn’t have many followers when I first introduced myself, I thought I should do another.

I am a professor of at Georgia State University in . I do work on , , , , , , ,

I advocate for policy change.

My most recent book is from UC Press (2022) more at danimmergluck.com

Please boost if you’re so inclined! Thanks!

#urbanstudies #atlanta #affordablehousing #housing #HousingPolicy #gentrification #segregation #realestate #finance #urban #urbanpolicy #redhotcity

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malcriada_lala · @Malcriada
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malcriada_lala · @Malcriada
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Yana Kucheva, PhD · @yana
288 followers · 49 posts · Server sciences.social

There are still a few days left to apply for this postdoc to work with my team on environmental justice, housing resilience, and energy security. More details at link below. Please share widely and email me with questions. rfcuny.org/careers/postings?pv

#environmentaljustice #HousingPolicy #energysecurity #postdoc #jobalert #postdocposition #postdocfellowship

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