YIMBY News for 5/28

[Eric Budd]

How Phoenix’s ‘Invisible’ Parking Lots Are Making Its Heat Problems Worse

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KEYWORD SCORE: 46.78. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, downtown, housing, housing crisis, mixed-use, parking, parking lot, rent, supply, transportation, urban, walk, zone, zoning

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared on Signal Doctrine and is republished with permission. Stand in a surface parking lot in Phoenix on a July afternoon and you are standing on one of the hottest surfaces a human body can approach without being burned. Phoenix has 12.2 million of these spaces. That figure comes from a peer-reviewed inventory published in 2019 by researchers at Arizona State University, among them Mikhail Chester, who led the study, and David King, an associate professor of urban planning and a student of the late Donald Shoup, whose work on parking eco

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Can Kansas City Fund Affordable Housing Through Union Pension Investments?

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 45.72. affordable, affordable housing, construction, development, housing, housing authority, housing crisis, income, preservation, project, rent, urban, walk

[image: Backyard] (Photo by Darren Hibbs / Unsplash) *This story was originally published by The Beacon, an online news outlet in Kansas City focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public interest.* Cameron Seip describes his job as being a connector. As the executive director of Mo-Kan LECET — the Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust — he tries to make “connections that make sense” among union workers, contractors, developers and governments. All so the union members and contractors he represents are able to create more work opportunities. Many

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Lin Moves to Curb Legal Appeals Hindering Seattle Zoning Changes

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.97. comprehensive plan, development, growth, housing, housing crisis, infill, project, public hearing, rent, urban, zone, zoning

[image: Lin Moves to Curb Legal Appeals Hindering Seattle Zoning Changes] The Seattle City Council is set to overhaul its land use appeals process in the wake of recent legal appeals that have tied up pending citywide zoning changes for months, despite ultimately being ruled meritless, New legislation introduced by Land Use Committee Chair Eddie Lin would close off a path of citizen appeal through Seattle's hearing examiner when it comes to future environmental review of changes to the city's Comprehensive Plan, bringing the appeal framework in line with recent updates to state law intended to

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America Keeps Building Stadiums Like Transit Doesn’t Matter

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KEYWORD SCORE: 31.91. construction, development, mixed-use, mobility, parking, parking lot, project, rent, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, walk

Washington, D.C. is preparing to make the same mistake too many American cities keep making: building a billion-dollar destination without building the transportation system to match it. The proposed redevelopment of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium site — the once and potentially future home of the Washington Commanders football team — is being sold as “*transit-first*.” And that phrase sounds ambitious — until you look at the numbers. The plan anticipates that roughly 40,000 people — the overwhelming majority of attendees — will arrive by Metro, bus, walking, biking, or other non-car options. O

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What Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Need: Supportive Housing

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.52. affordable, affordable housing, development, house, housing, income, project, rent

Every year in the United States, around 20,000 youths turn 18 and age out of the foster care system, and 20 percent of them immediately become homeless. That makes foster care one of the single largest pipelines into homelessness. Why? Because youth leaving foster care are offered very little support when it comes to finding housing, let alone a job or other support they need to build a stable adult life. If we are committed to ending the crisis of homelessness, we need to prioritize resources to develop more housing designed for youth aging out of the foster care system so that these young ad

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California Climate Funding Fight Pits Transit and Housing Advocates Against Oil Industry Giveaways

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.64. affordable, affordable housing, house, housing, project, rent, transit-oriented, transportation

A looming overhaul of California’s cap-and-trade program is raising alarm among transit advocates, affordable housing organizations, and environmental justice groups, who warn the state could weaken a key climate funding source at a moment when cities already face transit funding crises and worsening housing pressures. At the center of the debate is a proposal to reshape the state’s carbon market, commonly known as “cap-and-trade” but rebranded as “cap-and-invest” by Governor Gavin Newsom. The program would be retooled in ways critics say would expand free pollution permits for oil companies a

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Population Growth Slowed Across Most States in 2025

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.17. growth, housing, housing cost, income, project, rent, urban

In 2025, population growth rates fell in 48 states as international migration declined nationwide. The number of states with populations that grew more slowly than their long-term trends tripled to 30 from 10 in 2024. With populations aging and birth rates near record lows, states are increasingly dependent on migration—domestic and international—for growth. Although nearly every state’s population is still expanding, slower long-term growth poses fiscal risks to many states. Total population across the 50 states grew about half as fast from July 2024 to July 2025 as it did during the precedin

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Trading Vibes For Strategy: The Necessary Evolution of the U.S. “Night Mayor”

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.97. development, downtown, growth, rent, urban, zone

(Photo by Colin Lloyd / Unsplash) People around the world flock to downtown and nightlife districts to visit restaurants, clubs, bars, and taverns, seeking social connection and entertainment. While enjoyable for most, these areas often experience excessive intoxication and violence, which can impact economic viability when patrons do not feel safe. In recent years, U.S. cities from Boston to Washington, D.C. have begun appointing “night mayors,” or “nighttime economy managers,” similar to those across Europe. However, in the U.S., these roles often serve as symbolic figureheads lacking the ne

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