YIMBY News for 3/31

[Eric Budd]

Path Clears for Bainbridge Affordable Housing Project After Appeal Dismissal

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 44.48. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, downtown, growth, housing, housing cost, housing stock, income, infill, project, public hearing, rent, urban, zone, zoning

[image: Path Clears for Bainbridge Affordable Housing Project After Appeal Dismissal] An appeal seeking to send the City of Bainbridge Island back to the drawing board looking at the impact of affordable housing projects within a small slice of Bainbridge's downtown was dismissed Wednesday. Targeted at zoning changes intended to pave the way for construction of a 92-unit workforce housing development across the street from the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, the dismissal could open the door for that project to move forward. The dismissal comes a few weeks after a lengthy hearing on the appea

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Opinion: Colorado’s commitment to housing should not be cut 40% in state’s budget crunch

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 40.58. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, development, homeowner, house, housing, housing crisis, income, project, real estate, rent, renter, supply, urban, walk

Colorado’s housing crisis touches all of our cities and towns. We’ve seen aging parents and scores of siblings sharing bedrooms in small apartments, workers commuting long distances and employers struggling to hire because employees can’t find homes. As nonprofit housing leaders who work across the Front Range, we know Proposition 123 — the permanent housing fund that voters approved in 2022 — is helping us address this crisis. Cutting it further to balance the state’s budget would do more lasting harm than it would short-term good, even in the midst of a $1.5 billion budget shortfall. Prop 12

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Trump’s ‘Freedom Means Affordable Cars’ Rings Hollow As Gas Prices Surge

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 29.45. affordable, bike lane, downtown, land-use, mobility, multimodal, parking, rent, supply, transportation, walk, zoning

The Trump administration’s effort to maximize oil consumption is hitting a roadblock as its war on Iran sends gas prices to dizzying new heights. But will stratospheric fuel costs finally force cities to get serious about providing their citizens with *real* freedom to choose how they get around — including not driving at all? Late last year, the Trump administration announced a controversial new initiative called “Freedom Means Affordable Cars” aimed at rolling back federal fuel economy standards set by the *first *Trump administration … which they nonetheless claimed would “ELIMINATE hidden

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The Housing Money That’s Local

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.72. affordable, affordable housing, development, homeowner, house, housing, market-rate

[image: Next City Podcast] A home on Kennedy Avenue, part of City of Bridges Community Land Trust's portfolio. (Photo courtesy City of Bridges CLT) Even before federal funding sources became unstable, communities were piecing together funds to keep building affordable housing. In this episode, Next City Senior Economic Justice Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello explores locally funded solutions, including a land trust, a philanthropic coalition, an innovative community banking program, and a ballot initiative. In Pittsburgh, Julie Nigro of the City of Bridges Community Land Trust describes a “pa

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Cities and Transit Agencies Are Finally Getting On Board With Bus Stop Data

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.44. bus stop, homeowner, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

Passengers board a bus outside the MBTA subway stop in Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. The third major winter storm in two weeks left the Boston area with another two feet of snow and forced the MBTA to suspend all rail service for the day. (Photo by Josh Reynolds / AP) It was the most snow that New York City had seen in a decade — but the city was ready. This winter, the NYC Department of Sanitation took a new approach to clearing snow for bus riders and pedestrians. After January flurries blanketed the city, DSNY created its own app, geotagging every unsheltered bu

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