YIMBY News for 7/11

[Eric Budd]

How a Hospital Is Helping Solve a Hometown Housing Shortage

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KEYWORD SCORE: 44.86. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, growth, homeowner, house, housing, housing authority, housing cost, housing stock, project, rent, single-family, urban

[image: Backyard] The Fall River Health Services of Hot Springs, S.D., shown on May 27, 2026, is investing in a housing project in hopes of attracting new employees. (Photo by Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch) *This story was originally published by **South Dakota News Watch.* In a first-of-its-kind project in South Dakota, the small hospital in this southern Black Hills town is investing in a subdivision project to provide housing for its employees. Fall River Health Services, an independent nonprofit medical center in Hot Springs, is paying $2.3 million of the overall $3.4 million cos

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The Weekly Wrap: Public Banking Will Be on the Ballot in San Francisco

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KEYWORD SCORE: 36.02. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, development, growth, house, housing, income, mobility, project, rent, urban, walk

[image: The Weekly Wrap] The San Francisco skyline is seen in the background as a man walks at Mission Dolores Park, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in San Francisco. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP) A Public Bank for San Francisco? Voters Will Decide This Fall KQED reports that San Francisco voters will decide this November whether to create the country’s first municipal public bank, after the city’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to establish the governance framework needed to put the measure on the ballot. Supporters say the institution could help finance thousands of approved but unfund

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Coalition Victory in Palo Alto - SB 79 units are already on the way

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KEYWORD SCORE: 34.11. density, development, housing, nimby, planning commission, project, rent, transit-oriented, yimby, zone, zoning

Palo Alto was working to adopt illegal ordinances to delay and defang SB 79 within the city. Taking quick action, advocates got the city to partially revoke its action, and are following up with SB 79-compliant projects that have already been submitted to the city. Our victory in Palo Alto over the implementation of SB 79, like all housing victories, was the work of many hands. Creating new housing is a complicated process of technical details, financial interests, political will, and legal enforcement. In late June, a coalition of organizations came together to push back on a bad policy, and

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Why America’s Cities Can’t Afford To Lose Their Parks

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KEYWORD SCORE: 32.91. development, downtown, growth, housing, public space, transportation, urban, walk

(Photo by Yunus Tuğ / Unsplash) As the U.S. enters another year of searing summer heat waves, mayors and city managers are confronting a compounding crisis. Extreme urban heat brings soaring energy costs, buckles aging infrastructure, and places a severe economic strain on already tight municipal budgets. Yet, in the face of these challenges – alongside ongoing housing shortages and public health hurdles – parks and public spaces are being treated as amenities to be funded after pressing priorities are addressed. But this framing fundamentally misunderstands the role that parks play in our urb

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King County, Kirkland Celebrate Opening of Contentious Supportive Housing Facility

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KEYWORD SCORE: 32.81. affordable, affordable housing, house, housing, income, project, rent, urban, walk

[image: King County, Kirkland Celebrate Opening of Contentious Supportive Housing Facility] On Wednesday, officials with King County and the City of Kirkland celebrated the grand opening of the Eastside's newest permanent supportive housing facility in the former South Kirkland La Quinta Inn. Operated by Plymouth Housing and funded through King County's Health Through Housing initiative, the project has been in the works for more than four years, and has faced considerable opposition from nearby residents and business owners. Kirkland's first permanent supportive housing (PSH) facility for ind

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