YIMBY News for 12/12

[Eric Budd]

Strong Towns
The 5 Immutable Laws of Affordable Housing

Keyword Score: 56.75, 0.00. affordability, affordable, affordable housing, building, cities, city, commute, construction, cost of housing, demand, density, design, developer, development, dwelling, home, homeless, house, housing, housing cost, housing price, income, land, neighborhood, nimby, price, project, regional, rent, single-family, supply, transportation, urban, zone, zoning,
As we prepared our recap of best articles from 2017 (see all our Best Of content here) I knew this piece by Spencer Gardner had to be included. Since its publication in May, it has frequently been referenced and commented on by our members and readers, and I think that's because of the clarity with which Spencer writes. The high cost of housing increasi
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Next City
Denver Housing Fund Gives Community Land Trust Backers Hope

Keyword Score: 37.69, 0.00. affordability, affordable, affordable housing, building, cities, city, condo, developer, displace, downtown, gentrified, home, homeowner, house, housing, income, land, middle-income, municipal, neighborhood, plan, price, property, rent, rent control, single-family, urban,
A new community land trust has launched in Denver, with $24 million in initial funding and a goal to acquire 700 homes scattered across the city and surrounding suburbs, including single-family houses and condos, The Denver Post reports. Related Stories - Denver Adopts $150 Million Affordable Housing Fund - Denver Asks Residents to Weigh In on 5
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Mass. Cities Get $10 Million in Housing Help

Keyword Score: 35.91, 0.00. affordable, affordable housing, cities, city, cost of housing, demand, density, development, growth, home, house, housing, housing crisis, municipal, neighborhood, parking, plan, supply, urban, walk, zone, zoning,
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Several days after Boston-area cities and towns teamed up to address their local housing shortage, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced a $10 million incentives package also aimed at housing development in cities and towns across the state. Related Stories - Boston Teases 385 Square Feet of Help
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Streetsblog Net
After Harvey, Houston Leaders Look to Rebuild Around Transit

Keyword Score: 31.84, 0.00. affordability, affordable, affordable housing, city, construction, development, displace, housing, housing cost, hud, income, land, market-rate, mobility, neighborhood, plan, project, rent, transit, transit-oriented, transportation, walk,
It’s been about three months since the deluge of Hurricane Harvey inflicted an estimated $200 billion in damage on the Houston region. The recovery is just beginning. Billions in federal support will be flowing into the city. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently requested $61 billion in relief in addition to what’s expected to come from FEMA and HUD, repo
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CityLab
The Story of the Great Lakes in 8 Maps

Keyword Score: 27.66, 0.00. cities, city, demand, design, development, home, house, hud, land, mixed-use, mobility, neighborhood, plan, project, regional, rent, supply, urban, zone,
Stretching across eight states and two Canadian provinces, the Great Lakes region contains the world’s largest freshwater system and is likely the greatest single surface aggregation of rare resources on the planet. If it was a standalone country, its economy would be the fourth largest in the world. Yet its natural resources and vibrant urbanity are seld
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CityLab
Game of Thrones' Tourists Are Besieging Dubrovnik

Keyword Score: 25.81, 0.00. building, cities, city, design, development, displace, home, house, housing, land, plan, project, properties, rent, sustainability, sustainable, urban, walk,
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA—Ivone Alvarado and Miguel Gomez planned to take in all the sites of Europe. The couple mapped out their vacation in June, a long sojourn from their home in Bogotá, Colombia, with stops in France, Norway, Portugal, and Spain. Then they added time for one final, more unusual destination: Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast, and the picturesque medi
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CityLab
Lab Report: Reclaiming Millennials With 'The Missing Middle' Housing

Keyword Score: 23.81, 0.00. building, cities, city, developer, downtown, growth, home, homeless, housing, hud, income, plan, price, transit, urban, zoning,
*Breaking this morning: *An explosion shut down one of New York City’s busiest transit hubs this morning. *The New York Times* reports one suspect is in custody, and says the explosive device went off prematurely. Details are still coming in. *Putting down roots: *As millennials mature, many cities are losing the population base that once rejuvenated the
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California Cities to Launch Biggest Electric Bike-Share System in U.S.

Keyword Score: 21.47, 0.00. bike lane, bike-share, building, cities, city, commute, downtown, housing, income, neighborhood, parking, plan, regional, rent, transit,
Biking in Sacramento (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Davis, California, has long held a special place among U.S. bicycle cities. In 1967, it was the first to paint official bike lanes. It has since built bike infrastructure on 76 percent of its streets, which has helped boost the city’s bike commuter mode share to a nation-leading 20 percent. Despite that, D
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Strong Towns
So you want to build a Strong Town

Keyword Score: 20.94, 0.00. building, cities, city, demand, design, development, growth, house, neighborhood, parking, plan, project, rent, traffic, transportation,
I was a little surprised—and of course, flattered—when I found out my colleagues had selected this piece as one of our best of 2017. (You can see the rest here). That's not because I'm not proud of this piece, or that I didn't work hard on it. I wrote it after an amazing weekend training session with the Gamaliel Foundation, which shook up my notions of
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Denverite
Stapleton’s name change debate is about the nature of community, and that’s why it’s so divisive

Keyword Score: 20.94, 0.00. building, city, construction, developer, development, downtown, home, homeless, house, housing, municipal, neighborhood, project, property, public space, redevelop, rent, transit, transit-oriented, walk, zoning,
[image: Stapleton residences under downtown Denver's skyline. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) stapleton; residential; suburbs; skyline; cityscape; denverite; denver; colorado; kevinjbeaty]Stapleton residences under downtown Denver’s skyline. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) Forest City, the master developer of the Stapleton community, recently made a change, quiet
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CityLab
Can the Affluent Be Convinced to Ride Transit in Delhi?

Keyword Score: 20.59, 0.00. bike lane, cities, city, commute, demand, design, income, mobility, parking, plan, traffic, transit, transportation, urban, walk,
Every winter when New Delhi’s air quality reaches hazardous levels, much of the conversation about it tends to focus on two causes—the practice of crop burning by farmers in nearby states, and the bursting of firecrackers during the Hindu festival Diwali. There’s no doubt that these are both major contributors to the Indian capital’s toxic winter air. Bu
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Strong Towns
A Letter to POTUS on Infrastructure

Keyword Score: 20.59, 0.00. building, cities, city, funds, growth, home, municipal, neighborhood, plan, project, real estate, regional, rent, transit, transportation,
During the presidential transition that took place at the beginning of this year, I was asked to provide my thoughts on how a Trump administration should prioritize what was anticipated to be up to a trillion dollars in infrastructure spending. It was an honor — and a testament to how large the Strong Towns movement has grown — to be asked to weigh in wit
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The Urbanist
Top Urbanist Action: Tell Council You Support Shared Parking

Keyword Score: 19.47, 0.00. building, city, construction, design, development, house, housing, neighborhood, parking, plan, planning commission, transit, urban,
First up on our list is our top pick for an action you can do this week. If you do one thing this week, it should be to: - *Comment On The Parking Reform Legislation**: *As part of the HALA efforts, the city council will be considering changes to parking requirements this month. The proposed legislation from Seattle Department of Construction
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