YIMBY News for 6/22

[Eric Budd]

Op-Ed: ‘Seattle Atlas’ Can Demystify Zoning, Build Case for More Housing

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 50.27. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, bike lane, cost of housing, density, downtown, growth, homeowner, house, housing, housing crisis, mixed-use, project, rent, urban, walk, zone, zoning

[image: Op-Ed: ‘Seattle Atlas’ Can Demystify Zoning, Build Case for More Housing] Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with someone who wants Seattle to be affordable, safe, and vibrant but, in the same breath, claims they don't want "apartments near their house" or "the character of their neighborhood ruined?" I have. And every time, I wish I could show them the reality of Seattle zoning: the real progress that has been made and the existing uphill battle for builders trying to add more housing, and vibrancy along with it, to Seattle. Google's *Project Sunroof* empowered homeowners

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Data Backs Up Supportive ‘Housing First’ Model in Spite of Federal Attacks

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 38.27. development, downtown, house, housing, housing and urban development, hud, income, project, rent, urban

[image: Data Backs Up Supportive ‘Housing First’ Model in Spite of Federal Attacks] King County’s Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) recently released data *showing the success* of their Health Through Housing’s permanent supportive housing (PSH) program in keeping people housed and stable. DCHS also analyzed the overall impact of the region’s permanent supportive housing interventions on incarceration rates, finding that *jail bookings of participants* in these programs dropped almost 27% in their first year and more than 37% by their third year. At the same time, Downtown Emer

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Report: The States Where Corporate Landlords Own the Most Housing

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.67. apartment, house, housing, income, project, rent, rent control, renter, urban

According to a Harvard analysis published in March, almost half of all renters are cost burdened. More than 20 million households spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent; more than half of these spend more than 50 percent. The great majority of rental units are in multifamily apartment buildings; almost three in four in urban communities and nearly as many in suburban areas. New research from the Private Equity Shareholder Project, a nonprofit watchdog focused on private equity and the broader private funds industry, looks at the relationship between private equity ownership of apar

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How States Can Plan Now for an Aging Nation

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 19.80. development, housing, income, rent, transportation

The aging of tens of millions of Americans will have broad societal implications for decades to come, but the systems needed to support an aging population are not keeping pace with demographic realities. As more older adults seek to age with dignity and purpose, the costs of care are rising faster than middle-class families can afford. In the next decade, U.S. adults 65 and older will outnumber children under 18. This will accelerate demand for healthcare, long-term care, housing, transportation and infrastructure that make daily life livable. Three-quarters of older adults say they prefer to

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As Other Cities Subsidize Bike Share, New York’s Citi Bike Keeps Raising Costs

Streetsblog Net

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.20. affordable, housing, income, project, transportation

New Yorkers pay more than 10 times as much to ride an electric Citi Bike compared to bike share in peer cities, and Mayor Mamdani should peg the cost to $3 for a 45-minute ride, advocates demanded. Citi Bike members shell out $12.15 for a 45-minute ride, according to a new analysis released by Transportation Alternatives on Tuesday, way out of whack with the rest of the country and the world. For instance, Docomo in Tokyo charges just $1.05 for the same kind of bike share trip and London’s Santander Cycles prices an e-bike journey at $1.35. Mamdani – a frequent Citi Bike rider – should cap the

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