YIMBY News for 8/16

[Eric Budd]

The Weekly Wrap: Trump Wants to Bring an Authoritarian Takeover to a City Near You

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.30. apartment, construction, development, growth, homeowner, house, housing, housing stock, nimby, preservation, project, real estate, rent, urban

[image: The Weekly Wrap] National guardsmen and women are stationed at Union Station in Washington, D.C., on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP) *Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. * *If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe.* After D.C. Takeover, Trump Suggests Other Cities Are Next Weeks after deploying national guard troops on the streets of L.A

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What’s Working: What’s behind the revisions to Colorado’s job growth numbers (or lack of)

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.41. downtown, growth, house, housing, income, project, rent, transportation

------------------------------ *Tamara Chuang* *Business/Technology Reporter* ------------------------------ Like clockwork, midway through the state’s monthly jobs report for July, there is the usual note: “estimates were revised” for the prior month. The explanation was, as always, also included. In June, there were fewer jobs than originally estimated due to “additional responses from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates,” according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s July employment report. Sometimes the revision adds jobs. But lately, it’s

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Report: Boulder has a $13 million homelessness issue

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.70. house, housing, income, rent

Boulder has a roadmap to addressing homelessness in the city. Now, the question is where will the money come from? The Boulder City Council on Thursday tackled an update to the city’s homelessness strategy, which included paths for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, as well as updated data points for the city’s current homelessness situation. Among the solutions presented were providing housing navigation, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and housing vouchers. In all, the system for both families and single adults requires about a $13 million annual investment, according

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