YIMBY News for 10/9

[Eric Budd]

Buried Report Throws Cold Water on Zahilay’s Billion-Dollar Housing Bond Proposal

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 41.28. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, growth, house, housing, housing authority, income, project, rent, supply, transit-oriented, urban

A report quietly transmitted earlier this summer spells out significant constraints King County would face to leverage existing bonding capacity as a standalone asset to build affordable “workforce” housing for middle-income residents. King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay put forward the bonding idea last year, putting forward a motion directing then-Executive Dow Constantine to create an implementation plan. The motion was approved in an 8-1 vote. The fledgling proposal quickly became a major election plank for Zahilay after he announced a King County Executive bid in December. Under affo

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Louisville City Council votes to formally oppose November ballot measures

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 35.67. affordable, affordable housing, comprehensive plan, development, downtown, growth, housing, impact fee, land-use, public hearing, rent, zone, zoning

Louisville City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to oppose the two measures that will go in front of Louisville voters on Nov. 4. Those ballot measures — which address zoning rules for certain pieces of land and the fees property developers pay to the city — were also publicly opposed by Avista Health and Thistle Community Housing this week. If passed, Ballot Measure 300 would not allow the City Council to rezone Centennial Valley, Redtail Ridge and the Avista Adventist Hospital area for residential use unless it also required developers to commit to building 30% affordable housing on thos

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Despite Federal Cuts, States Have More Resources to Draw On

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.52. affordable, affordable housing, development, growth, housing, income, real estate, rent

The federal government is in the midst of an unprecedented shift of costs and responsibilities onto state and local governments. This shift is hardly even-handed. It is falling more heavily on those states with more vibrant economies, future-oriented industries, and the educational and scientific backbones that support them. With the federal government not just abandoning but actively undermining these areas, states and regions that are currently driving world-leading economies must work harder if they want to maintain them. Since states lack the many tools that the national government possess

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