YIMBY News for 6/4

[Eric Budd]

A simple way to lower everyone’s property taxes

Vox - Policy

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KEYWORD SCORE: 51.84. apartment, comprehensive plan, condo, construction, density, development, growth, house, housing, infill, land-use, nimby, parking, rent, single-family, urban, walk, zoning

[image: Aerial view of a low-density suburban subdivision with single-family homes, wide roads, and undeveloped desert land stretching toward mountains in the distance.] Homes in Lancaster, California. | Sam Lafoca/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images The housing abundance movement has won more of the intellectual argument than anyone might have predicted a decade ago. Across much of American politics, even in Zohran Mamdani’s New York (listen, I love the guy), it is now at least possible to say out loud that we have too many pointless rules making it impossible to build enough housing

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California Primaries Tee Up Stark Ideological Fights

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.13. cost of housing, development, growth, homeowner, housing, housing cost, real estate, rent, urban

Results are still trickling in from California’s primary elections, with national significance in races for governor, mayor, U. S. Rep., and even the relatively unknown state insurance commissioner’s office. Even with many races still uncalled, what’s emerging is a series of stark ideological contrasts between likely candidates in November’s general elections. Unlike most states, California’s primaries are open. That means voters can choose among candidates from all parties, and the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff. That can sometimes — and often does — pit two candidates from the same

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Denver set to buy old state office in Capitol Hill, the first affordable housing project funded by Vibrant Denver

Denverite

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.56. affordable, affordable housing, bus rapid transit, development, housing, project, rent

Denver City Council approved the $4.5 million purchase of a former state office building in Capitol Hill on Monday evening, paving the way for the first affordable housing development to tap the Vibrant Denver bond package. The deal has been in the works since April. The Vibrant Denver bond package, overwhelmingly passed by voters in November, included $45 million of debt-funded investment in affordable housing and to reduce displacement of Denver residents. City officials hope to make five to seven investments in property purchases and site improvements using the fund. The proposal initially

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A Rolling Protest Helped Win Some of the Best Provisions in Congress’ New Infrastructure Bill

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.39. bike lane, house, project, rent, transportation, walk

Critical policies that could unlock funding for cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across America have cleared the first hurdle in Congress — and the advocates who fought for them are launching a national nonprofit to promote a model that they hope can get the bill across the finish line *and *achieve similar wins. Last month, advocates for the bipartisan Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Safety Act celebrated after legislators folded several key provisions of the bill into the House’s latest major transportation bill, the BUILD America 250 Act. That bill passed out of the Transportation and Infrast

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Thursday’s Headlines Are Tired of Tires

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.09. bike lane, bike path, bus rapid transit, development, parking, parking lot, transportation, urban, vision zero

- A chemical in tires that’s already known to kill spawning salmon when it runs off into rivers may be harmful to humans as well, according to Yale researchers. (E360) - If the future of transportation is privately owned autonomous vehicles and not fleets of robotaxis, traffic could grind to a complete halt. (City Lab; paywall) - Buses and trains are a cheaper and more efficient way to move people around than cars, but transit agencies need to figure out how to compete with the fact that a car can take you exactly where you want to go. (Pedestrian Observations) - The Vision Zero Network recomm

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