YIMBY News for 11/4

[Eric Budd]

Six Local Elections Outside Seattle That Could Be Bellwethers

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 60.84. affordable, affordable housing, comprehensive plan, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, housing, mixed-use, multimodal, parking, planning commission, project, rent, renter, single-family, transit center, transit-oriented, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

On Election Day Tuesday, the question of who prevailed in the race to become Seattle’s Mayor and King County’s next Executive will be dominating local news coverage, followed closely by the results in Seattle’s City Attorney and Council races. But with local elections happening across the entire region, there are major contests to watch everywhere, with the outcomes set to influence policy for years to come. Out of those hundreds of races, *The Urbanist* is watching several key races that have the potential to signal broader trends across the Puget Sound region. With voter turnout in the regio

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The Next Round of Opportunity Zones Is Coming. New Data Shows How Cities Can Help Get Them Right.

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 54.73. affordable, construction, development, gentrification, growth, homeowner, house, housing, income, market-rate, mixed-use, project, real estate, rent, single-family, supply, urban, zone

Ohio established more than 300 Opportunity Zones across the state, including in Cincinnati's Over-The-Rhine neighborhood. (Photo by Warren LeMay / CC BY-SA 2.0) The federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive was billed as an economic development tool to help businesses in low-income communities raise capital for growth. New research shows that across Ohio, the incentive is mostly supporting projects in just a third of Opportunity Zone-designated census tracts. Those census tracts were, as a group, already experiencing economic gains prior to designation. Those projects are producing mostly market-

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Op-Ed: Opioid Treatment Nurse Shares Why They Support Katie Wilson

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 32.31. house, housing, housing crisis, rent, renter, urban, walk

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has failed to deliver on homelessness, but challenger Katie Wilson has put real solutions forward. Working in Pioneer Square as a nurse, I am overwhelmed with relief that Katie Wilson is in the race for Seattle Mayor. Katie has demonstrated time and again that she prioritizes people and the best interests of our community. We are at an inflection point and we have a chance to do some real good at reducing the pain the Harrell administration has caused and address the housing crisis which Harrell has mishandled. The Harrell administration has tried to make our unhous

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Medellín’s Metrocable: From Danger Capital to Urban Mobility Splendor

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.41. construction, development, house, mobility, project, rent, segregation, transportation, urban

Sponsored content from Urban Mobility Explained (UMX). Sponsored content policy Things are really looking up in Medellín. Nestled in the Aburra Valley of the Andes Mountains, this Colombian city of 2.6 million people is home to the world’s first urban cable car system designed for mass public transportation. Every day, 220,000 passengers are hoisted up into the air by 8.5 miles of cables and transported across the urban and rural areas of the city. *Medellín’s Metrocable has helped lift one of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods out of crime and segregation and helped economic activity so

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The Challenges of Emergency Response in Alaska's Arctic Villages

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.84. construction, house, housing, rent, transportation, urban, walk

In Brief: Typhoon Halong brought catastrophic flooding to western Alaska. Some of the affected communities can be reached only by air or water. Images collected by the Alaska National Guard offer a visual record of the unique challenges responders face in the Arctic. Strong floodwaters can uproot buildings and the infrastructure first responders need to reach victims. But what if there are no roads in the first place? Typhoon Halong struck the west coast of Alaska on Oct. 11. Flooding overwhelmed remote villages — communities accessible only by air or water. The coast guard commander for the r

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We Asked County Leaders What Medicaid’s Next Chapter Looks Like. They’re Bracing for It.

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 20.48. affordable, construction, housing, mobility, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk

(Photo by RDNE Stock project) Health insurance for millions of Americans is the core issue of the current government shutdown. Beyond extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, the bigger looming issue is the changes to Medicaid under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The law imposed new requirements, such as semi-annual re-verification, monthly work reporting and cost-sharing fees. But while Congressional debates often frame Medicaid as math — eligibility formulas and budget scores folded into large legislative packages — states and counties have to determine who goes without care and how

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